Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > I'm happy to report that the Geeks USB/ATA cable was successfully used > to repair the original 40 Gb drive from the server. I put an extra HD > tray I had laying around in a spare 5.25" external case I bought some > time ago from Surplus Comp

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 20, 2008, at 9:09 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > > On Sep 20, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >>> >>> Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and >>> I've >>> yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >>> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 20, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and >> I've >> yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my Hackintosh for that >> matter. Haven't tried them with Windo

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and I've > yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my Hackintosh for that > matter. Haven't tried them with Windows yet. That's weird, I use the one we have all the time...it's an

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >>> On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > Yank the drive and check it out on a known working Mac with something > like this > they also sell one that does SATA too for about $13 > . > > Bruce Johnson Reference this Bruc

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >>> As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives p

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:59 AM, PeterH wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many drives will also >> generate a lot of heat, and the DA case just wasn't built to be a >> file >> server, you need more robust cooling for some

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > > On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >>> As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the >>> 40 >>> Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many drives will also > generate a lot of heat, and the DA case just wasn't built to be a file > server, you need more robust cooling for something like that. The DA case was built for four (4) 9 GB S

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 >> Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS myself. > > > Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many driv

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 > Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS myself. Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many drives will also generate a lot of heat, and the DA case just wasn'

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Doug Burton wrote: >> >> Okay, originally I had two sticks of 256M RAM installed. Removing >> one >> and attempting to boot I get a bong, but then no video. HD's don't >> sound like they are coming up. Ta

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > Okay, originally I had two sticks of 256M RAM installed. Removing one > and attempting to boot I get a bong, but then no video. HD's don't > sound like they are coming up. Taking out that stick and putting the > other one in I get a bong and

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > >> >> I had just recently replaced the OS drive with one from an identical >> DA because the original drive went south. Now another drive? I >> thinking a bad on board IDE controller or RA

Re: DA file server is toast!

On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Doug Burton wrote: > > I had just recently replaced the OS drive with one from an identical > DA because the original drive went south. Now another drive? I > thinking a bad on board IDE controller or RAM, anyone else have an > opinion? Check out the RAM...this i

DA file server is toast!

Okay, this is getting bad. For a third time now my DA appears to have corrupted the OS drive. When I got home from a meeting I went to check the mail and found Chicken of the VNC could not connect to my DA. Went back to the computer room and turned on the monitor I have there just for t