>After the HD had "spun up" and then "stalled", could you tell that it was
>still spinning or did it spin down/halt spinning? In "the old days," we had
>some HDs that wouldn't start spinning and the problem was supposedly due to
>"hard drive spindle lubricant coagulation." Taking the drive out and
>rotating it rapidly about the spindle axis (snapping our wrists) sometimes
>(temporarily) fixed that problem. That is probably not what you are
>experiencing since your HD did spin up, something ours failed to do (and
>we've not seen this problem at work in years). 1 1/2 cents....
>
>Steve K.
Steve-
I remember what you're talking about, but this is different. The HD spins up,
and just as the smiling Mac is about to pop onto the screen, it spins down.
Interestingly, I've been running my PB for the past 6 hours straight with no
problem... maybe it's inertia ;-)
Marty Lindower
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