Paul, On 9/25/07, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First SCSI drive to fail in many years (first one ever that I have > purchased new). It's an IBM drive that I bought new sometime around the > year ~2000. > > Long story short, it's my server and rarely ever gets turned off. I > turned it off during the hot weather to save on the A/C bill. When I > powered it up again, the drive will not spin up. The controller sees it, > tries to tell it to start, it won't listen. > > Anyone have any ideas that might get it spinning again? Anyone got a > reliable, cheap 36GB Ultra160 drive - cheap? (yes, I did say cheap > twice :) ) > > PGA > -- > Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE > Owner/Sr. Engineer > Random Logic Consulting > www.randomlogic.com
Sounds like a thermal problem to me. Try running the server, with the drive in the case but unplugged until it reaches operating temp for a couple of hours. Plug it all back in and reboot, that might work. I've put drives in ovens in some cases, sometimes after keeping them in the freezer for a couple of hours. Just need the thing to run long enough to get the data off it. I might have some older drives laying around, I'll check on Fri when I'm in that office. I'd be happy to see them into a new home instead of sitting on a shelf. -- Mark Schoonover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 619-368-0099 Give me ambiguity, or give me something else! --kelsey hudson -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
