Re: Two drives failing.....

["atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com>]

On Jun 16, 5:27 pm, sirgh...@optonline.net wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:20:50 -0700 (PDT), "atfphotogra...@gmail.com" <atfphotogra...@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.
> 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!!

Hello,

Weird. When I had a bunch of drives just stop working, I tried another
power supply and it was fine.

One drive would work but as soon as you daisy chained it, it went
wonky.

Can you put a meter on the power supply and see what it's outputting?

Best!

ATF