gaynor@ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (06/04/90)
The Problem: A Mac with an internal hard drive refuses to recgonize the hard drive upon boot-up, and shows no hard drive when booted with a floppy. SCSI Probe shows that the SCSI port is being used, but "no data is availible". Apple HD Setup SC cannot find a hard disk. After some random time - hours or days - the Mac -will- recognize the int. hard disk upon power-up, and act perfectly normal. The problem may or may not re-occur. Parameters: o This has occured -only- on Mac SE and SE/30 models. o Has occured with various versions of System Software (6.0, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5) o INITs installed are so varied as to make it virtually impossible that it is one INIT. INITs that have been "suspect", such as SCSIParker, Public Folder, and Broadcast have been removed, but the problem reappears. o In short, we have been unable to determine any one common denominator for this. We -suspect- a virus that might somehow be changing the HD Driver, but have no support. Also, Gatekeeper detects no activity, and the System files are usually re-installed after the HD reappears. Has anyone else has similar problems, or a possible solution? -=- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jim Gaynor - Graduating Macintosh Consultant - The Ohio State Univ. IRCC | | Email at [gaynor@cis.ohio.state.edu] or [gaynor@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu] | |_ "You, yes YOU, want to hire me! Send away for my amazing resume TODAY!" _|
larnott@tanus.oz.au (Lachlan Arnott) (06/11/90)
Yes I've had it TWICE, the last time painfully recently. On both occasions
there was no virus involved, simply a HD in the first and intermediate stages
of a terminal illness. The second time around I had a little more sense and
backed up everything I could find (I also had the peculiar experience of FILES
disappearing and, occasionally, reappearing). RODIME the first time CMS the
second, both internals. Best of luck
Regards Lachlan ARNOTT
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