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- From: hinker@acl.lanl.gov (Paul J. Hinker)
- Subject: Help! My Maxtor 7120 is falling asleep!
- Message-ID: <HINKER.92Jul30072433@twins.acl.lanl.gov>
- Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov
- Reply-To: Paul J. Hinker <hinker@acl.lanl.gov>
- Organization: Advanced Computing Lab, LANL, NM
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:24:33 GMT
- Lines: 37
-
- As the subject line implies, my Maxtor HD is going dormant from
- time to time.
-
- Hardware :
-
- A500 Rev 6 [1MB Agnus, 2.04 ROMs, Super Denise]
- AdIDE HD interface
- ICD ShuffleBoard
- Maxtor 7120 IDE HD [installed internal in place of the internal
- 3.5 FD]
- AdRam 540 w/4MB
- Heavy Duty Power supply [150w switching ps]
-
- If the drive idles for several minutes [i.e. no accesses] it will
- suddenly power down [at least that's what it sounds like]. Any HD
- access from that point on gives block read errors and invariably a
- guru or complete lock up. *Two* warm boots or one cold boot are
- required to get the drive to spin back up. Life returns to normal
- after that.
-
- Has anyone seen this problem before? This problem is happening on
- a friend's machine but he doesn't have net access. I can get more
- information if it would be helpful.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Paul Hinker hinker@acl.lanl.gov /// If it works, it's not state-of-the-art
- MS B287 505-665-6396 /// --Hansen's Law
- Los Alamos National Labs ACL \\\/// All our stuff is broke
- Los Alamos, NM 87545 \XX/ --Forslund's Corollary
-
-
- --
- Paul Hinker hinker@acl.lanl.gov /// If it works, it's not state-of-the-art
- MS B287 505-665-6396 /// --Hansen's Law
- Los Alamos National Labs ACL \\\/// All our stuff is broke
- Los Alamos, NM 87545 \XX/ --Forslund's Corollary
-