 Re: SCSI Hard drive suddenly shuts down and restarts
philo wrote:
> Analabha Roy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
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>> I have a Seagate ST336607LW SCSI hard drive where I've installed my
>> Linux
>> (FC3) & windoze root partitions. It is a 68 pin HD with no internal
>> termination. My scsi controller is an SIIG AP-20 PCI adapter (50 pin with
>> internal auto-termination). I connected my scsi card to my scsi hard
>> drive as follows:
>>
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>> 50 pin ribbon
>> 50-pin card---------------->50-pin terminator-->50-68 pin adapter-->SCSI
>> Drive
>>
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>> The hdd is on a dedicated connection to the power supply (no other
>> devices
>> chained to it along that power cable).
>>
>>
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>> Occasionally , irrespective of whether I'm on windoze or linux, the hdd
>> makes a sickening "click" sound, shuts down (I can hear it) and spins up
>> again. My entire compu freezes & I have to hard-reset.
>>
>> I checked the cable connections & they seem pretty tight, so I'm rather
>> confused as to what's up. Is the termination bad? IS the HD overheating
>> (it's typically at around 50 deg celcuis, & the operating limit is 54
>> deg, I'm getting an extra case fan that should cool it down further)? Is
>> there something wrong with the controller? Is the hard drive itself
>> busted (no badblocks or anything like that, and I ran Seagate's
>> diagnostics on the HD and there were no errors).
>
> <snip>
>
> though the drive could be bad...
> i'd try another cable.
Power, ribbon or both?
>
> if you have another scsi drive you could try that in the machine
> to eliminate any possible controller problem
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