On Tue, 12 May 1998, Vidiot wrote: ->So, tonight I shut down the system and check the power cables and EIDE ->cable. Everything appeared A-OK. I turn on the power and run the BIOS ->HD config. Damn if the BIOS doesn't see the drives. -> ->Needless to say, I am back up and running, not knowing for sure where the ->problem lies. -> ->One less HD failure for Maxtor :-) -> Hi Vidiot, I had the same problem with a Quantum drive. Since I have lot of stuff in the box I didn't hear the drive spin. My problem were the female pin connectors in the drive power cable. Due to a lot of use they "opened" and didn't "grab" the male power pins of the drive when insterted. These resulted in a "dead" drive or a clicking noise of the head trying to park due to powerfailure. The solution was a small screwdriver with which I "closed" the female pins on the powercord. Who knows, maybe that's your problem too...? Zoki. /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ZOKI, Images Creation d'images & traitement numerique Image creation & digital tweaking \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ Due to various Micro$oft moves against basic decency and common sense, I accept - with a strong protest - MS Office file formats (Word 2 & 6, Excel 3, 4, 5 & 7) but urge you to stop using them. Alternatives exist! Like ApplixWare under Linux... This message is brought to you by Linux (2.0.31) and Pine, a text based UNIX e-mail client... %% Fin de message / End of message %% -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
