#Advice Needed!
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Advice needed! I just had a somewhat harrowing experience: my trusty
Apple Crate external SCSI drive (based, I believe, on an ST277N) failed for
the first time since I bought it about four years ago. It did not go
through its normal power on sequence (where a variety of chirping and
stepper motor <?> sounds are heard) and could not be accessed by my
StarDrive module.
I tried cycling the power a number of times, checked cables, etc., all to
no avail — when suddenly it went through the startup sequence and began
behaving normally (I'd left the power on).
Has anyone else had this happen to them? And does anyone have any idea
what it means or what I should do? I haven't opened the drive case in four
years, maybe the air filter needs cleaning or something??
!!!!One Scared Amigoid!!!
– Mark
1. YES, clean out the drive case. 2. Seagates like to "stick" sometimes,
the heads stick to the disk
so that the motor can't spin up. You may have jostled the drive
enough to shake it loose. A gentle side to to side twist is all that
is usually needed in the case of "stiction". If the drive just
sits there and the disk doesn't spin up due to this problem, it will
get very hot and could eventually lead to damage. Can't do anything
about it except replace the drive if it happens alot.
Harry M.