Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Paul G. Allen 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
I recall seeing someone take a hard card that would not spin up and do
a maneuver that looked like he was about to pitch an underhanded
smoking fast ball, but *without* the release. It was really fast and
he made about 3, maybe 5 full revolutions. He stuck it back in the
machine and it spun right up. We transfered the data off immediately.
The guy that did that had been in computer repair for many many years.
He said that the hardcards of that manufacturer were notorious for
getting stuck because of bad lubrication, but apparently only when shut
down. He said if it was left running, it would never stick.
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Ralph
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