lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (07/07/89)
In <4557@crash.cts.com>, lgreen@pnet01.cts.com (Lawrence Greenwald) writes: >I've got a quirk with my GVP 80 meg hardcard...I'm not sure if this is a >problem or normal behavior. My drive has been giving me "AmyFF0 has a >read/write error" requester for a few days now (AmyFF0 is a 40 meg FFS >partition). The problem I've noted is that the drive is SHUTTING DOWN (That's >right, it stops spinning!) then after a while, it restarts up and all problems >go away (disk is validating fine). > >I have checked all connections, reseated it in the slot, pushed in the chips >into their sockets, and it still happens. Is this a bug or is this normal >behavior?? This is not normal behaviour. The most common causes of a drive shutting down are 1. Voltage problems. The 12V is usually the culprit. Check all connections, and if possible, measure the voltages while the drive is running. 2. You have a jumper misplaced on the drive itself. This is less likely, but a possibility. Some drives allow you to set a jumper so that they will shut down after a period of non-use. Good Luck. -larry -- Van Roy's Law: An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca or uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+