Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!wwarner From: wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William A Warner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Hardrives and the A3000 Message-ID: <1991Mar19.222827.16244@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 22:28:27 GMT References: <27494@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar18.204049.9791@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 45 In article frank@morpheus.UUCP (Frank McPherson) writes: >In article <1991Mar18.204049.9791@en.ecn.purdue.edu> wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William A Warner) writes: >> >>I am still having the same problem, too! >>I finally received SOME e-mail from a CBM guy who asked the same questions: >> 1. Termination on last HD in SCSI chain? >> 2. Is 2nd HD spinning up in time? >> 3. Is reselection bit set to "NO" on both? >> >>Of course I have answered these questions a <1000...> times. 8) >>I wish CBM would just admit the problem is hw and not setup/operator error! >> >>-- >>Art Warner >>wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu >>Amiga makes it happen.......IBM, Mac, Sun, and Next make it expensive! > >-- >How are you so absolutely positive that it's a hardware problem, and >not an operator problem? I am posting this article from an Amiga 3000 with >TWO internal hard drives. One is in the rear bay, a Quantum 105. The >other is in the second floppy bay (had to drill some extra holes for it) >and is a Quantum 170. I've never had any problems with my drives. > > >-- Frank McPherson INTERNET: emcphers@fox.cs.vt.edu -- Just because you haven't had troubles with your particular setup doesn't necessarily mean that all of the 3000's having troubles are setup wrong. I am an electronics technician and know troubleshooting procedures thoroughly! It can not be a setup/operator error if someone follows all given directions "to the letter" and still has problems. This puts the blame on either poor directions (left out procedures) or faulty system hw/sw. If I were the only person having this problem and posting to this net, then I might tend to agree with you. Due to the fact that I have received over 25 e-mails from different individuals with different setups, I have to disagree. There were Seagates, Conners, Quantums, Miniscribes, etc that were not being recognized upon cold startups and alternating warm-reboots therafter. If anyone has solved this problem or has EDUCATED suggestions, PLEASE write or post. Thank-you. -- Art Warner wwarner@en.ecn.purdue.edu Amiga makes it happen.......IBM, Mac, Sun, and Next make it expensive!