kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (07/18/88)
I have two systems, and an hour ago I thought they both might be dead instead of just one. I am worried about both. Number one is as old as unix pc's get (Attilla was ordered about a week after the product announcement). He was turned off for about 3 months, and when I tried to get him going again, he wouldn't speak to the hard disk. The disk made all the right noises, and an alternate disk did, too, but the select light comes on and that's as far as it gets. The diagnostic reports that it cannot even recal. Anyone with any hints about how to approach this. Mention warranty or AT&T service and I will just laugh. The board has the P5.1 mod, with a socket, and the problem appears whether or not the PAL is plugged in. Number two was turned off for five days, while I was away. I just got back and applied power. Many, many recal noises coming from the disk, and the screen was about half-way set up. I rebooted to the diagnostic, which initially reported gobs and gobs of errors from block 9240 to 9261. After some time, most of these errors "went away" all by themselves, and now the diagnostic reports no errors that are not in the bad block table already (there are 7 entries). Anyone know why I should have warmup trouble on a 3b1 67MB disk? Is this a symptom I should take as dire warning? Does this just mean I should boot to the diagnostic when the machine is cold and let it warm up? What's going on? Anyone with information relating to either system is requested to post or e-mail as seems right. I will recap e-mail replies if that seems the right thing to do. --- Kevin O'Gorman ( kevin@kosman ) voice: 805-984-8042 Vital Computer Systems, 5115 Beachcomber, Oxnard, CA 93035