Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Dead Seagate ST-277N HD Message-ID: <13194@cup.portal.com> Date: 4 Jan 89 13:27:23 GMT References: <13141@cup.portal.com> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 29 Re: Doug Erdeley's question about the dead ST277N ... At power on, Seagate's embedded SCSI drives will do some self-checks, and report the status by blinking the LED. Here are the codes: blinks condition 1 failure of microprocessor and internal memory 2 failure of microprocessor ROM checksum 3 failure of controller chip 4 failure of controller program RAM 5 failure of data buffer RAM 6 failure of drive motor to reach proper speed 7 failure to find sector ID marks 8 failure to read the disk's OS from the drive 9 read the OS from the drive, but found the "records" to be bad The nature of the failure you reported would suggest that simply replacing the PC board on the underside of the drive would solve the problem. However, per my earlier (last year) communication with Seagate both in Scotts Valley, CA, and (their repair center), Seagate does NOT repair the board(s) but will swap out a new drive for you. . What I'd suggest is finding someone with an ST277N, borrow the card from that drive, mount it on your drive, get your data off the disk, then swap the boards again, and send your drive in for "repair." Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]