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 -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
