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- From: thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Problem with ST296N...8 LED Flashes
- Keywords: 8 LED flashes...
- Message-ID: <7500@public.BTR.COM>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 08:14:07 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.073507.17584@walter.cray.com>
- Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, Mountain View CA
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- In article <1992Jul21.073507.17584@walter.cray.com> paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr) writes:
- >
- > I have a dead ST296N. When I power up the drive the LED flashes 8
- >[...]
- > again and the drive didn't come up and the LED started its flashing. So
- > does anyone know what the 8 flashes mean?
-
- From the Seagate manual:
-
- `` READ OPERATING SYSTEM MICROCODE FROM DRIVE: If the controller is
- unable to read the operating system from the drive, eight flashes
- are returned with an additional sense code of 88H. If the
- controller reads the operating system records, but determines they
- are invalid, nine flashes are returned with an additional sense
- code of 88H.
- ''
-
- In order words, your drive is hosed.
-
- Given the track record of Seagate drives, it's not worth having it repaired.
-
- Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
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