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- From: pete@bignode.equinox.gen.nz (Pete Moore)
- Subject: Hardware Error 9
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Organization: Equinox Networks
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 19:25:16 +1200
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- I have a Maxtor LXT-100S hard drive which has caused me a few headaches.
- Nothing really serious like crashing & losing data, but recently it has
- produced a string of Read Errors which almost always disappear on Retry
- (generally powering down and restarting makes it behave itself for at least
- the next few hours).
-
- The `Verify data on drive' option of HDToolbox typically produces several
- Bad Block messages, but on different blocks each time! Several times, I
- have had `Verify Data' quit midway with the message `Hardware Error 9'.
- Can anyone tell me exactly what Hardware Error 9 is?
-
- The original power supply for this drive blew up, and ever since, it has
- been very fussy about the 12V supply it gets, tending to spin up & down
- irregularly. I put a 'scope on its 12V line & found that it was quite
- noisy, but I've smoothed it somewhat by putting a large capacitor on the
- 12V line.
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