I have to pipe in on this one!
the pickle wrote:
At 19:04 -0500 on 14/08/02, Allen Davis wrote:
I used to be like him. I still have an entire 8-foot tall bookcase
packed with nothing but Mac books. Alas, most of them now are quite
dated. Macintosh Bible, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions;
Well the playing with the c650s continue,
today a few SCSI drive questions.
1. One drive I was trying to get to work doesn't seem to start when the
computer is switched on. That is it doesn't initialise or make any noise.
However when drive setup scans it it starts! Can I get it to start
on 8/14/02 09:00, Kyle Kinsey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well the playing with the c650s continue,
today a few SCSI drive questions.
1. One drive I was trying to get to work doesn't seem to start when the
computer is switched on. That is it doesn't initialise or make any noise.
At 14:00 +0100 on 14/08/02, Kyle Kinsey wrote:
1. One drive I was trying to get to work doesn't seem to start when the
computer is switched on. That is it doesn't initialise or make any noise.
However when drive setup scans it it starts! Can I get it to start
normally, if so how!
Check the
At 10:38 -0400 on 14/08/02, Art wrote:
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
Uh-huh...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and let it thaw ... then remove all the condensation ... plug it in and see
what happens. If
Check the jumpers on the drive against the manufacturer's listed settings
and
see if there's something weird enabled.
and for reference what shoudl and what should not be set for use on macs?
One of the drives (that i found the spec for ) has the following
Terminator Power * 2 (to set either
At 17:44 +0100 on 14/08/02, Kyle Kinsey wrote:
Check the jumpers on the drive against the manufacturer's listed settings
and
see if there's something weird enabled.
and for reference what shoudl and what should not be set for use on macs?
One of the drives (that i found the spec for ) has the
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and let it thaw ... then remove all the condensation ... plug it in and see
what happens. If this does not work likely it is dead.
You're
At 12:48 PM -0400 8/14/02, the pickle wrote:
At 17:44 +0100 on 14/08/02, Kyle Kinsey wrote:
Check the jumpers on the drive against the manufacturer's listed settings
and
see if there's something weird enabled.
and for reference what shoudl and what should not be set for use on macs?
One of the
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and let it thaw ... then remove all the condensation ... plug it in and see
what happens. If this does not work likely it is dead.
You're right,
on 8/14/02 2:57 PM, Jim Pendarvis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and let it thaw ... then remove all the condensation ... plug it in and see
on 8/14/02 11:45 AM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:38 -0400 on 14/08/02, Art wrote:
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
Uh-huh...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and let it thaw ... then
Art wrote:
... I now have about a dozen drives that otherwise would
have gone in the dump.
I think someone -- maybe Kyle -- suggested that this
was a last resort to save data. Believe him.
William
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Kyle Kinsey wrote:
Well the playing with the c650s continue,
today a few SCSI drive questions.
1. One drive I was trying to get to work doesn't seem to start when the
computer is switched on. That is it doesn't initialise or make any noise.
However when drive setup scans it it starts!
Art wrote:
on 8/14/02 11:45 AM, the pickle at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:38 -0400 on 14/08/02, Art wrote:
I know this sounds strange but with the second drive that you mentioned ...
Uh-huh...
disconnect it and place it in the freezer for about 24 hours. Take it out
and
Allen Davis wrote:
I also have a giant box of seemingly dead hard drives I've never been
able to toss out. I'm going to give the freezer trick a tryout. The
logic seems sound. I have heard of stranger things that worked in a pinch!
You can also try -- first -- taking the drive and
giving
At 19:04 -0500 on 14/08/02, Allen Davis wrote:
I used to be like him. I still have an entire 8-foot tall bookcase
packed with nothing but Mac books. Alas, most of them now are quite
dated. Macintosh Bible, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions; Dr. Macintosh by
Bob Levitus; The Complete Macintosh;
Well I am still using the first drive that I did it to about a eyar
ago...however, always back up information you don't want to be without!
Art wrote:
... I now have about a dozen drives that otherwise would
have gone in the dump.
I think someone -- maybe Kyle -- suggested that this
was a
Art wrote:
Well I am still using the first drive that I did it to about a eyar
ago...however, always back up information you don't want to be without!
But we don't. All I'm saying is that if you have to
slap or freeze a drive don't ever trust it for
anything. Ever.
William
JMUG-Connect
william ahearn wrote:
Allen Davis wrote:
I also have a giant box of seemingly dead hard drives I've never been
able to toss out. I'm going to give the freezer trick a tryout. The
logic seems sound. I have heard of stranger things that worked in a pinch!
You can also try -- first --
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