Re: Failing Quantum/DEC DSP3107L?

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From: Nigel Barker
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 25 Jan 97 20:31:04 GMT, jnw@phaedrus.demon.co.uk (Neville
Wilford) wrote:

>I've recently acquired a second-user DEC DSP3107L 1GB SCSI disk.
>I think these were OEM'd for Digital by Quantum.  It is jumpered

Actually these were made by Digital before they sold off their disk &
tape manufacturing to Quantum

>to spin-up on power and usually it does.  Some variable time after
>powerup there is a click sounding like head retraction and the
>drive spins down.  If powered up again immediately it refuses to
>spin up.
>
>This behaviour upsets the host - it's clearly a fault rather than
>some sort of power saving mode.  No problems with cabling,
>termination or PSU and all other SCSI devices in the chain are fine.
>
>Is this a known mode of failure?  Is there anything useful I can do
>short of throwing the drive away?  All help, advice and comment
>gratefully received.

Sorry to say but it sounds like it's dying.
--
Nigel Barker
nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk

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