scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Scherer) (03/03/90)
I'VE OWNED A PRIAM ID60 DRIVE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW WITH THE SAME
INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU SPIN UP THE DRIVE IT
TURNS ABOUT 5 TIMES AND A RELAY KICKS OUT. I'VE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM
TO BE A SENSOR FOR DISK SPEED IS GETTING DUST ON IT AND THE DRIVE THINKS
THE SPINDLE ISNT SPINNING SO IT FAULTS UNSAFE. WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING
IS EVERYTIME THE PROBLEM REOCCURS I'VE CLEANED THE SENSOR. THIS MAY
SOUND STUPID BUT IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP THE DUST FROM SUCKING INTO THE
SPINDLE AREA.
ALL RESPONSES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
RESPOND BY EMAIL OR PLEASE POSTmedici@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) (03/06/90)
In article <1154@nems.dt.navy.mil> scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Doug Scherer) writes: > > I'VE OWNED A PRIAM ID60 DRIVE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW WITH THE SAME >INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU SPIN UP THE DRIVE IT >TURNS ABOUT 5 TIMES AND A RELAY KICKS OUT. I'VE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM >TO BE A SENSOR FOR DISK SPEED IS GETTING DUST ON IT AND THE DRIVE THINKS >THE SPINDLE ISNT SPINNING SO IT FAULTS UNSAFE. I had a similar problem with my Priam ID100 (RLL certified version of the ID60). However, in my case, it turned out to be intermittant op-amp's on the disk-based pcb linked to the pll spindle speed control circuit. Replacing the op-amps permantently fixed the problem. However, what was interesting is that whenever I'd take the drive out to see if I cound find some mechanical problem, and reinstalled it, the drive would work again. Don't know if this will be any help.
dave@micropen (David F. Carlson) (03/07/90)
In article <1154@nems.dt.navy.mil>, scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Scherer) writes: > > I'VE OWNED A PRIAM ID60 DRIVE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW WITH THE SAME > ... > ALL RESPONSES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED > RESPOND BY EMAIL OR PLEASE POST A more urgent but easily correctable problem: YOUR CAPS LOCKS IS STUCK ON!!! -- David F. Carlson, Micropen, Inc. micropen!dave@ee.rochester.edu "The faster I go, the behinder I get." --Lewis Carroll