Re: New SCSI drive won't spin up!!!!

[fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin)]

In article <1994Jan10.222616.24329@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mark@drax.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica) writes:
>I just acquired a Maxtor 120mb disk drive (SCSI).  It looks ok (ie:No
>holes, dents, or scratches) but it won't spin up.  Suggestions?

Since it's new, why don't you ask who ever you bought it from?  Or maybe
an exchange or refund?

>I've tried with and without the SCSI daisy chain cable.  No go.
>Someone here at NASA has suggested flexing the motherboard (on the
>disk) to see if a chip has become damaged and to see if it will make
>it boot up.

It is unlikely, but usually SCSI HD have a jumper that does "spin on
power up", or else it wouldn't spin up until a SCSI command is received.
HD ships with this jumper installed usually.

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