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- From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: RD53s won't stay spun-up
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.160631.1058@cmkrnl.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 00:06:31 GMT
- Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA
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- I have a pair of RD53s (real DEC-labelled RD53s) which I tried to put on a
- DOS machine. I pulled the R7 jumper and set the drive select to 1, and
- managed to get one to format on the ST506 controller. However it then started
- to exhibit a strange behavior: It won't stay spun up. When power is
- applied it spins up to what seems to be close to full speed; I think I
- hear the click indicating that the heads are being released; but then it spins
- down again.
-
- Same thing happened with the other drive even before I tried formatting it.
-
- What could I have done to these drives???
-
- --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
- drivers, internals, networks, applications, and training for VMS and Windows-NT
- uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and
- Chair, Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VMS Systems SIG
- Internet: jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
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