Subject: HD in critical condition
From: Charles Smith (smithcm@alaska.net)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2002 - 08:11:34 AKST
If the drive isn't spinning, like Josh said, go ahead and hit it with a
stick. You can't do too much damage to a drive that doesn't work.
I have seen many servers that run for extended periods of time, E.G. years,
fail to boot after shutdown. I have seen them promptly boot again after a
drive across town to the shop. If the drive were spinning I would say let
the machine run overnight and then attempt a few reboots, a few failed
drives have rebooted after the drive temp is back up to a normal operating
temp.
Charles
>After being down for a few days and having a fan replaced, my
>computer booted up only to tell me that the hard drive was no longer
>recognised.
>After testing other possibilities, I confirmed it's the hard drive's
>problem. It won't even spin up. It is getting power, though,
>because a green light flashes on the logic board. If that's the
>case, could the electrical path be dropping the +12V power, but not
>the +5V, somewhere on the board?
>Can anyone suggest what might be done?
>Thanks.
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