First thing to do is make absolutely sure that the power connector to
the drive is good. While it may be hard to pull off, that still allows
a conductor to be loose. Use another power connector (not power supply)
if one is available and/or squeeze the individual sockets with a long
nose pliers. Sometimes the springy steel in the connectors isn't
sufficiently springy and as things heat up and cool down contact is
lost. I doubt very much that the problem is in the adapter, the scsi
cable, or the terminator


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
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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.
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> 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).
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> Where should I start in trying to diagnose the problem? DO I require
> special hardware?
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> Bear in mind that there are no syslog error messages in linux as syslog
> can't write to the HD when it shuts down, so...
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> I would appreciate ANY advice offered on this matter.
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> Regards,
> AR
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