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OS locking up w/HD lamp on
Have installed two ST31200 Seagate ATA/100 drives and now get Win2k Pro, SP4 lockups which leave the front panel HD access lamp on, also with stuttering audio in Winamp. Sometimes with physical C:\ lamp on and other times with F:\ drive stuck. Even weird bluescreens!! Please post any / all suggestions to troubleshoot or remedy. -edwinn |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:21:28 +1000, "Rod Speed"
brought the following to our attention: edwinn wrote: Have installed two ST31200 Seagate ATA/100 drives and now get Win2k Pro, SP4 lockups which leave the front panel HD access lamp on, also with stuttering audio in Winamp. Sometimes with physical C:\ lamp on and other times with F:\ drive stuck. Even weird bluescreens!! Please post any / all suggestions to troubleshoot or remedy. If the drives are on one ribbon cable, try another cable. thanks.. here is the situation: Mainboard (IDE IDE ports: Port-0 80 Western Digital (Master) F:\ Port-1 120 Seagate (Cable Select) G:\ 120 Seagate (Cable Select) H:\ Mainboard (SCSI U2W 9GB Cheetah C:\ 9GB Cheetah D:\ The Seagate ATA/100 must be in Cable Select mode or OS won't start! -edwinn |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:19:52 +1000, "Rod Speed"
brought the following to our attention: wrote Rod Speed wrote edwinn wrote: Have installed two ST31200 Seagate ATA/100 drives and now get Win2k Pro, SP4 lockups which leave the front panel HD access lamp on, also with stuttering audio in Winamp. Sometimes with physical C:\ lamp on and other times with F:\ drive stuck. Even weird bluescreens!! Please post any / all suggestions to troubleshoot or remedy. If the drives are on one ribbon cable, try another cable. thanks.. here is the situation: Mainboard (IDE IDE ports: Port-0 80 Western Digital (Master) F:\ Port-1 120 Seagate (Cable Select) G:\ 120 Seagate (Cable Select) H:\ Mainboard (SCSI U2W 9GB Cheetah C:\ 9GB Cheetah D:\ The Seagate ATA/100 must be in Cable Select mode or OS won't start! OK, try another ribbon cable and not one of the non compliant round ones either. Got it.. the reply was slightly ambiguous as to `another cable´ like another port or simply replace the existing cable. It might even be the 7 y/o C:\ drive is failing because I get SO MANY different failure modes, i.e. Blue screens, F:\ bad blocks, C:\ lamp stuck, loud clicking, locks when saving to H:\ ..it's so weird!! I'm even thinking of changing out Cheetah C:\ and reinstalling the OS. -edwinn |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:43:33 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
brought the following to our attention: writes I get SO MANY different failure modes, i.e. Blue screens, F:\ bad blocks, C:\ lamp stuck, loud clicking, locks when saving to H:\ You've got 5 drives, including a couple of power hungry Cheetahs. Is your power supply up to snuff? It's Dell 610 workstation with a 4-bay HD compartment and a 3-bay 5" front accessory space. It came with 10k SCSI drives but the additional HDs are ATA/100 and use less power. I think it's cables.. however now suspect that Winamp 2.81 is the common denominator in all the lockups, been taking drives offline one-at-a-time to check for stability. Ever wonder if MS does things to promote their own `players´ by reducing the compatibility of other software? However the MAIN SCSI drives are 7 years old!! Three drives have locked (on different buses) C:\, F:\, and H:\ -edwinn |
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Mike Tomlinson wrote writes I get SO MANY different failure modes, i.e. Blue screens, F:\ bad blocks, C:\ lamp stuck, loud clicking, locks when saving to H:\ You've got 5 drives, including a couple of power hungry Cheetahs. Is your power supply up to snuff? It's Dell 610 workstation Those arent exactly notorious for having monster power supplys. with a 4-bay HD compartment and a 3-bay 5" front accessory space. It came with 10k SCSI drives but the additional HDs are ATA/100 and use less power. Sure, but it wouldnt take much effort to unplug what you dont need for normal ops and see if those problems go away. One of the simpler tests for where the problem might be. I think it's cables.. however now suspect that Winamp 2.81 is the common denominator in all the lockups, been taking drives offline one-at-a-time to check for stability. I'd take most offline at once for a quick check of the power supply. Ever wonder if MS does things to promote their own `players´ by reducing the compatibility of other software? Nar, thats always been a conspiracy theory. It wont be that. However the MAIN SCSI drives are 7 years old!! The age doesnt matter except that those Cheetahs are rather power hungry. Three drives have locked (on different buses) C:\, F:\, and H:\ Yeah, thats significant and does make its unlikely that a cable is the problem. Its not too clear exactly what you have on each drive but it would be worth trying without the cheetahs plugged in to see if the problem is that the power supply cant handle everything. |
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OS locking up w/HD lamp on
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:14:38 +1000, "Rod Speed"
brought the following to our attention: wrote Mike Tomlinson wrote writes I get SO MANY different failure modes, i.e. Blue screens, F:\ bad blocks, C:\ lamp stuck, loud clicking, locks when saving to H:\ You've got 5 drives, including a couple of power hungry Cheetahs. Is your power supply up to snuff? It's Dell 610 workstation Those arent exactly notorious for having monster power supplys. Will check the specs.. here's a view with the front cover off. http://home.comcast.net/~g-abbey/drive_box.jpg The horizontal bay is designed for 4 SCSI drives with a terminated 4-connector U2W ribbon going across. with a 4-bay HD compartment and a 3-bay 5" front accessory space. It came with 10k SCSI drives but the additional HDs are ATA/100 and use less power. Sure, but it wouldnt take much effort to unplug what you dont need for normal ops and see if those problems go away. One of the simpler tests for where the problem might be. I think it's cables.. however now suspect that Winamp 2.81 is the common denominator in all the lockups, been taking drives offline one-at-a-time to check for stability. I'd take most offline at once for a quick check of the power supply. Will check all of the cables and move to a different SCSI port. Best to use END connectors (near termination) or ones closer to mainboard? Ever wonder if MS does things to promote their own `players´ by reducing the compatibility of other software? Nar, thats always been a conspiracy theory. It wont be that. However the MAIN SCSI drives are 7 years old!! The age doesnt matter except that those Cheetahs are rather power hungry. Three drives have locked (on different buses) C:\, F:\, and H:\ Yeah, thats significant and does make its unlikely that a cable is the problem. Worse yet.. it almost never leaves an entry in Event Viewer. Its not too clear exactly what you have on each drive but it would be worth trying without the cheetahs plugged in to see if the problem is that the power supply cant handle everything. Yeah.. but the Cheetah is C:\ with the OS. You're talking about reinstalling the OS then. -edwinn |
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