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From: gibson@b11.ingr.com (Stan Gibson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: the START UNIT command
Message-ID: <9611@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 10 Dec 90 22:14:58 GMT
References: <1990Dec7.070847.1699@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Reply-To: gibson@b11.UUCP (Stanley Gibson)
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <1990Dec7.070847.1699@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes:



>but i can't get it to do it any more.  Sigh.  Neither drive will allow me to
>stop the spindle.  Are there any tricks to this?  A certain amount of delay?

Most Wren products will not allow you to spin them down via software
command. When I asked them about this they claimed they preferred you
let the drive spin down on power down so they could use the "back emf"
generated by the motor. Try using another vendors drive.