Re: The laws of Chaos Theory and my IIGS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <357F5872.88A@mcs.com>, Ron Pedelty  <rpedelty@mcs.com> wrote:
>My 700 Mbyte external hard drive, connected via a RamFast SCSI card, now
>sounds like it's spinning up ("wheeeeeee") from time to time while my
>computer has been on without interuption.  When this happens, the
>computer often freezes up when I try to access the drive (get data,
>save, switch apps), and rebooting gives me a RamFast Fatal Memory error
>until I shut down completely, count to 10, and power up again.  What's
>up?

   Open the HD's case, reseat all cables, particularly power. Also,
dust out the case (if appropriate.) If you're lucky, the internal
cables just worked their way loose over time, and a bit of trivial
maintenance will fix it. If you're less lucky, the HD mechanism is
starting to fail, and now would be a VERY good time to invest in a
backup system if you haven't done so already.

Nathan Mates
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