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- From: jorngh@dhhalden.no (JORN GUNNAR HALONEN)
- Subject: Re: Amiga 4000 Rebooting Troubles
- Message-ID: <jorngh.199.724462116@dhhalden.no>
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- Organization: Ostfold College
- References: <1992Dec14.154601.14578@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:28:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.154601.14578@ultb.isc.rit.edu> dcr3567@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.C. Richardson) writes:
- >
- > Whenever I reboot using the C-A-A method, it appears that the hard drive
- >gets a jolt - it stops spinning for a sec (like it loses power), then it
- >does a re-spin, almost like a cold start.
- > Now, this drive seems fine to be.. no errors or anything.. but I'm worried
- >that all this spin-up/spin-down will kill it over time. It also increases
- >boot time dramatically.
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- The drive gets a reset signal from the cpu which causes it to
- spin down and up again. You can fix this by cutting the reset
- line on the IDE cable (the red one).
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