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Missing Person wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:57:33 +1100 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
> wrote in Message id: <540ul0F1ufsfiU1@mid.individual.net>:
> 
> (newsgroups added)
> 
>>Some gutless fuckwit desperately cowering behind
>>Missing Person <lick@myballs.cum> desperately
> 
> Translation: "He made a compelling point, but I'm too chickenshit
> to admit it. Therefore I will snip-n-run again, and hope that no one will
> notice."
> 
> Of course anyone with an IQ over 70 can see that the real weasel is you,
> Rod. Your original post that started this sub-thread:
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> 
> From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
> Subject: Re: IDE Reset & spinup
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:24:15 +1100
> Lines: 14
> Message-ID: <52ql8iF1p3ra0U1@mid.individual.net>
> 
> galapogos <goister@gmail.com> wrote
> 
>> I'd like to know if hard drives spin up upon receiving power,
> 
> Yep.
> 
>> or only when the IDE reset signal becomes high?
> 
> Nope.
> 
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> 
> Which is completely and utterly wrong. An IDE drive will NOT spin up after
> power is applied until RESET- is de-asserted. Period. End of story.
> 
>>attempted to bullshit its way out of its predicament
>>and fooled absolutely no one at all, as always. 
> 
> Really? Point out the bullshit in the following excerpt from the Maxtor
> DiamondMax Plus9 product manual, Rod, the audience is waiting:
> 
> "Hosts may assert the RESET- signal for longer than the minimum. When
> power is applied with RESET- asserted, the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9
> disk media will not begin to spin up until RESET- is negated. This may
> reduce maximum current consumption for the overall system."
> 
> Say, have you tried powering up a hard drive with it's RESET- signal
> shorted to ground, yet? It's pretty easy to do, you know.

You can win an argument with Rod (becuase you and everyone else knows
you're right) but he will never concede defeat. Just get over it, it aint
important.