From: steve@home.interaccess.com (Steve Norton) Subject: HD Controller Reset problem fix Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 03:56:49 GMT
I was having HD controller problems with my 40mhz 386DX box for the
past two weeks. Every 2-6 hours (depending on usage) the thing would
freeze up and say "HD controller reset" for no apparent reason, anyway
I took it apart today and think I've fixed the problem: Cables.
My HD ribbon cable was stretched tightly from the controller to the drives.
Jiggling the cable slightly would cause one of the drives to click off,
spin down, click on suddenly, and spin up again. The amazing thing is that
Linux 0.99pl12 went right on a ticking. Most of the time it didn't even
choke... just crashed once in a while.
Anyway, I ripped out the floppies, rearranged the drives with no cable
stretching, and everything is okay dokay now.
-- Steve Norton 708-671-0111 (voice) 708-671-0237 (data,login guest) InterAccess Co. steve@home.interaccess.com Chicagoland's greatest public access Internet provider .take a left off ANS CNSS28.T3 onto ENSS169.T1 and you're home.