[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] Harddrive dying?

RAN101@psuvm.psu.edu (02/03/90)

  I have am amiga 2000 with a 2090 controller and 20 meg miniscribe hard drive.

i do not have autoboot capability, so i still have to mount my harddrive in
my floppy's startup-sequence.  recently, my harddrive will not be recognized
by the system on bootup (usually on a warm boot, but sometimes on a cold
boot too).  if i turn the machine off and wait for about 10-20 minutes, and
cold boot the machine, the drive is recognized and i have no further
problems with it until i try to reset the machine.  if i do reset the machine
after using the harddrive for awhile, it may or may not work.


if i reboot after playing a game(which doesn't even mount the harddrive), the
drive also might not work.

anyone have any ideas what the problem is?  i've tried formatting the drive,
reseating the controller board, and i've made sure all the cable
connections are ok.

thanks for any answers,
robb nedwick
ran101@psuvm