boi@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi) (07/23/90)
Has anybody else experienced this problem, or knows of why this problem is occurring? I have a Xetec Fastrack HD controller and a Quantum 105Mb HD running in my A2000 with 1Meg chip ram and 3 meg total RAM. The problem is that on a few occasion (about three times) during the six months of ownership of this system, I have had the occurrence of my system failing to autoboot from the harddrive upon system powerup. It appears to fail to recognize the existence of a harddrive. If I retry the powerup a few times, it eventually works. The last time this occurred though, I spent about a half hour retrying and finally gave up concluding that the harddrive failed. Because it was a holiday, I couldn't do anything with it that day, therefore made plans to bring it to the shop on the following day. Later in the evening, I tried it one last time and PRESTO, it autobooted. My dealer called both Xetec and Quantum, and as I would expect, both placed fault on the other. The problem is so intermittent, that I can't really have it serviced because there is no telling whether the problem would still exist by the time I brought it in to my repair` center. It is still warranteed, therefore I can get a replacement if the suspect hardware(???) is identified.
honp9@jetson.uh.edu (Jason Tibbitts/The Blob Shop) (07/24/90)
[Munch all you want, I'll type more] In article <963@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com>, boi@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi) writes: > problem is occurring? I have a Xetec Fastrack HD controller and > a Quantum 105Mb HD running in my A2000 with 1Meg chip ram and 3 > meg total RAM. The problem is that on a few occasion (about three > times) during the six months of ownership of this system, I have > had the occurrence of my system failing to autoboot from the > harddrive upon system powerup. It appears to fail to recognize the > existence of a harddrive. If I retry the powerup a few times, it > eventually works. The last time this occurred though, I spent about I have a problem which sounds similar. If I leave my 2000 running for a long time (8+ hours) the Quantum 105S will lock up and refuse to do anything. I get read/write errors. If I reboot, the system will usually fail to notice tha harddrive, even though the access light flickers. If I power down, the system usually comes back up. I have heard of problems with older quantum drives 'sticking', and my drive is one of the early ones. How do I get service on the drive, if it is faulty. I am dead sure that the drive is somehow at fault. Thanks, ---- \/ Jason L. Tibbitts III // | THEnet: {George|Jane|Elroy|Judy}::HONP9 /\/"Blob Shop Programmers: // | SesquiNet, Telnet, etc: HONP9@JETSON.uh.edu \/ Because We're Bored!" \X/ | CREN (BitNet): HONP9@UHVAX1 "Ewige /\ . DISCLAIMER ." Whose opinions did you think there were?" ; Blumenkraft"