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From: boi@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Harddrive Problem
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Date: 23 Jul 90 16:35:52 GMT
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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.