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From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: re: Dwarf Disk Drives
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Date: 28 Aug 90 15:33:29 GMT
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> In article <2437@polari.UUCP> lampi@polari.UUCP (Michael Lampi) writes:
> >I have a couple of Maxtor XT8760E disk drives connected to a DN-3500, and
> >have run into a couple of problems:
>     Please ignore the following point:
> .
> .
> .
> 
> Add the following information:
>     4. CPU motherboard revision is 6.
To use the WD controller, according to my little spec sheet, you need CPU
motherboard rev 9.

>     5. O.S. is 10.2
>     6. When booted from a partner we have no problems accessing the drive.
That's weird.

> Sounds like a motherboard rev problem to me, but HP Service wants $ to
> replace the motherboard so it will work with the HP-supplied WD controller,
> even though the 3500 is under maintenance.
> 
> Any other ideas before the money is spent?
If it is indeed the motherboard (I'd tend to agree), you have 2 choices:
1) spend the bucks.
2) throw the controller and disk away.
Although the system is under maintenance, Apollo policy as I understand it
is to not pay for CPU up-revs unless you buy an upgrade from them that requires
it (even then I'm not sure).  The explanation I heard is that there's
nothing _wrong_ with the machine itself -- it just can't handle a particular
piece of hardware added to it.  I don't know that I agree with them, but I
can certainly understand and sympathize.

John Thompson (jt)
Honeywell, SSEC
Plymouth, MN  55441
thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com

As ever, my opinions do not necessarily agree with Honeywell's or reality's.
(Honeywell's do not necessarily agree with mine or reality's, either)