Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ysub!psuvm!cunyvm!h90si Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center Date: Saturday, 15 Jun 1991 10:04:32 EDT From: Message-ID: <91166.100432H90SI@CUNYVM.BITNET> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: IDE hard drive pauses... sometimes. References: <1991Jun13.193634.24680@sarah.albany.edu> <1991Jun14.144313.3504@athena.mit.edu> In article <1991Jun14.144313.3504@athena.mit.edu>, mmshah@athena.mit.edu (Milan M Shah) says: > >In article <1991Jun13.193634.24680@sarah.albany.edu> brk102@leah.albany.edu >(Brian King) writes: >>I have an IDE hard drive, a Toshiba 100MB (can't remember the model >>number), that seems to pause sometimes, for around 15 seconds, and >>then continues. When I say pause, I mean that it causes my whole >>system to completely stop whatever it is doing. The drive light stays >>on for about 10 seconds, and then goes off for the remainder of the >>time, until the system recovers. > >I have the exact same problem with a completely different setup! I have a >20MHz Mylex MB machine with 64K cache, a Conner 3104, and Phoenix BIOS >v 1.10.10 (copyrighted 1985-1989). Problem is not software specific: so far, I have the same problem with my ST157A 40 Mb IDE drive. I have 386sx with DTK BIOS. It happens more often when I switch from 16Mhz to 8Mhz. Usually it pauses during heavy disk activity. I think it has something to do with timing. +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Dmitry Teytelman (718)252-7708 | Design a system that even | | Internet: h90si@cunyvm.cuny.edu | fool can use and only fool | | Bitnet: h90si@cunyvm | will use it. | +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+