Re: Two drives failing.....

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On Jun 16, 7:07 am, sirgh...@optonline.net wrote:
> Had something a bit unusual happen last night. Want to make sure I didn't overlook anything.....
>
> I have a GS with 4 drives on the smartport. two 3.5", two 5.25".
>
> Last night, BOTH 5.25" drives seem to have failed at the same time. Neither will read, although they spin up, and
> recalibrate fine.
>
> Tried connecting them in a different order, no go.
>
> Tried connecting each of them as the ONLY drive to the smart port. No go.
>
> Don't have a drive controller card to hook them to, to test the possibility of the smart port failing.
>
> Got two working drives on order. I'm wondering if I missed any possibilities here.
>
> John.
>
> Little Birdie In The Sky....
>
> Why'd you do that in my eye??
>
> I won't holler, I won't cry......
>
> I'm happy elephants can't fly!!

Sounds like the power supply to me.

Have another one to test with?

ATF