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The Icon Bar: General: Old Old Old SCSI drive fail
 
  Old Old Old SCSI drive fail
  (13:58 15/6/2002)
  jess (19:40 13/7/2001)
 
jess Message #766, posted at 19:40, 13/7/2001, in reply to message #765
Unregistered user Does the interface work correctly (eg with another drive)? does it spin when unplugged?
(from interface). Are the jumpers correct?

If you just need to recover data and the drive is siezed up, sharply rotating the drive in your hand can free it.
(A bit like giving it a thump, but with regard for the internal construction)
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icecube Message #765, posted at 13:58, 15/6/2002
Unregistered user Is there any known way of making it come alive again?

Won't spin up. unhappy

80 Meg SCSI Seagate HD.
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