Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ibmchs!auschs!d75!rogerf.austin.ibm.com!roger From: roger@rogerf.austin.ibm.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Can't Write VHB - drives are good Summary: check your power supply Message-ID: <3317@d75.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 90 17:57:46 GMT References: <9300085@bradley> Sender: news@d75.UUCP Reply-To: roger@taliesin (Roger Florkowski) Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX Lines: 24 In article <9300085@bradley> brad@bradley.UUCP writes: > >I have 2 drives (on 40 meg miniscribe, and on 71 or 67 miniscribe). >Both came out of 3b1's but were used else where. The problem is that >I can format them on the other machine, but when I try on the 3b1 it >tells me that it can't write the VHB. What can i do to get theses >things to format. I have experienced this exact problem before. The bad component, believe it or not, was the power supply. Yes, the machine would power up diagnostics, completely format the drive, then fail with "CANT WRITE VHB" or something like that. In the case of my power supply, the solder around a number of the pins for the ribbon cable had cracked. I re-soldered all the pins, and was back in business. -- Roger Florkowski (AUSTIN)roger@rogerf.austin.ibm.com (VM) ROGERF@AUSVMQ (outside of IBM) auschs!ibmaus!rogerf.austin.ibm.com!roger (home) cs.utexas.edu!taliesin!roger Roger Florkowski (AUSTIN)roger@rogerf.austin.ibm.com (VM) ROGERF@AUSVMQ (outside of IBM) auschs!ibmaus!rogerf.austin.ibm.com!roger (home) cs.utexas.edu!taliesin!roger (512) 823-4220 TIE 793