Re: hard disk restarting a couple of times an hour
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 04:13:44PM -0400, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> I've noticed that even when I'm not using it, my hard disk is re-spun a time
> or two an hour. THere's a brief slowing, followed by the click & bzzzzt as it
> restarts.
>
> I originally assumed a looze cable, but I'm reasonably convinced that the
> power & ribbon cables are firmly in--however, jostling them causes a similar
> effect.
>
> It generally doesn't cause a problem, though I've seen "IDE not responding,
> attempting to initializze" type messages if there is a read/write attempt when
> this happens.
I suggest swapping the power supply if you have another on hand. I had
this problem with one of my servers (fortunately I was only overseas
12,000km away at the time) and changing the power supply fixed everything.
Hamish
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