Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!dorsai!skipm From: skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Problem with booting off a Seagate ST151 MFM drive. Message-ID: Date: Sat, 01 Jun 91 23:24:21 PDT References: <12317@uwm.edu> Organization: The Dorsai Diplomaitc Mission (+1.212.431.1944) dalek@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Dale B Klipstein) writes: > Hi, > > If you remember a while back I posted a message regarding some > problems I have had with my Seagate 151 MFM drive. Well, the problem > has returned to give me a migrane :'} I'd certainly would like to > resolve this problem one way or another, if after you listen to my > wail of woe you have suggestion, I'm all ears. > Dale : From experience, sometimes things work when the documentation says they absolutely won't. This is often the case when you chain two drives onto one controller and do not set the drive select jumper on each drive properly. You may want to check the DS jumper at the rear of the drive. Seagate usually uses a 5 position, 10 pin row of jumpers at the rear of the drive, located on the same plane as the power supply, almost directly center in the rear part of the component board. Check to see if the DS is set to 1, as this is usually a default for me. Also be sure that you are using the proper cable, and that that cable has the correct connector hooked to the drive. If you're running one drive, the large cable coming from the HDD controller should be attached to the drive via the last connector on it. Also, the smaller cable going to the drive should be the one marked "DRIVE 1" on the controller, or the one closest to the large cable going to the drive. To see if the drive spins up upon boot up, just press your ear against the top plate of the drive and listen - you should hear something spin up immediately after turning the power on. If not, tap it gently and check. If still not, power off, disconnect the drive and shake it a few times like you were making a martini Then try again. If, upon powering up, you hear something like a jet engine winding down 3-4 times, it means the drive cannot find sector 0 and therefore cannot boot. The sound a busted Seagate makes when it cannot locate a specific piece of data is VERY distinctive. No other drives have that sound. Feel free to drop me a line if you are unsuccessful via E-Mail. ************************************************************************** ** SkipM@DORSAI.com - The Dorsai Embassy / Dorsai Diplomatic Mission ** ** (Systems Manager) - Consulate : (212) 431-1944 ** ************************************************************************** ** "The difference between a good man, and a bad man, is the choice of ** ** cause." - Unknown ** **************************************************************************