Re: Two drives failing.....

[sirghoul@optonline.net]

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:20:50 -0700 (PDT), "atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com> wrote:

>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.
>>

>
>Sounds like the power supply to me.
>
>Have another one to test with?
>
>ATF

Can't see how. everything else, including 3.5" drives work fine.

John.
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