zalc0a@atanasof.uucp (Arthur L. Corcoran) (08/13/90)
System:
DTK AT Motherboard with DTK Bios
Seagate ST238R (RLL) harddisk
WD1002 XT Controller (old)
WD1006VSR2 AT Controller (new)
Problem:
Everything works with the XT controller (but is SLOW). The disk
is low leveled and verified with the AT controller but the
read-write test fails on every sector.
o Bad disk?: No, it works with the XT controller.
o Bios?: Both the controller and system bios have parameter tables
but they are different. I've tried using the correct type
for both bios's and disabling the controller bios to no effect.
o Bad controller?: This is a FD/HD controller and the floppy works
fine. Is it possible for the HD part to be fried?
o Software?: I low leveled with both SETUP and contoller programs.
DOS FDISK writes a partition table to disk but when it reboots
the partition is gone! Everex hard disk utilities V3.0 (came
with the XT controller) writes to the disk but doesn't show
the result.
Unrelated problem:
I have a priam harddisk that sometimes will spin up but sometimes
doesn't. The times it doesn't spin up, it seems to start but
maybe doesn't get enough current to start. What's the deal?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Please email any replies.
Many thanks in advance!
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Art Corcoran # Amoco Production Co.
corcoran@tusun2.mcs.utulsa.edu # Tulsa Research Center
zalc0a@apctrc.trc.amoco.com # Tulsa, OK, USA