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. -----Original Message----- From: Marty Lindower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Stalling HD in Wallstreet Hi all- I recently had a reoccurrence of a problem I ran into about 9 mo. ago, and hope you can help. My PB froze the other day, a fairly rare occurrence. I restarted it , but the HD spun up, ran for maybe 5-10 seconds, then just stalled, leaving me with a question-mark disk on the screen. I had to pull the plug and pop out the battery to shut down. Kept doing this, til I gave it a few hours 'rest'. Now I'm backing it up to my G4, before I lose anything. Ive got an IBM 10 gig HD which I replaced under warrantee for the same problem last time, but I suspect now that the HD itself isn't the problem. Could it be a heat issue? The fan had kicked on, but after I ejected my Capsure video card, it ran a few minutes then kicked off. I tried pressing on as many connectors and plugs as I could find to make sure they're all seated properly, but I don't know yet if that's it. Any ideas? TIA, Marty Lindower [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
