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"Missing Person" <lick@myballs.cum> wrote in message 
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> 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:
> ------------------------begin repost------------------------------------
>
> 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.

nice to find another lover of Rodney...........