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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates TAD/TAB ms294 x42854")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: 380Mb drives on 3130's
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Date: 12 Jun 89 19:53:32 GMT
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     Has anyone put TWO 380Mb drives on a 3130?  SGI says you can, however
this weekend someone told me it doesn't work (or didn't).  They bought 2
380Mb from SGI and had SGI install them, they have full maintenance, and
the machine keep crashing with the two 380Mb drives.  SGI would come out to
check things out, leave, and the machine would crash.  After coming out
several time, SGI said they were going to start charging for the visits,
even though they had full maintenance.  Finally, a SGI engineer said that
it was SGI's fault, that there was a problem with the controller.
     Has anyone else heard about this?  We are planning on getting two
380Mb drives too.  If there is a problem with the controller, SGI should
fix it free of charge.  Is this still a problem?  Any comments from any
SGI engineers?
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					Brent