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Article #5643Re: hard disk stumpper
From: Greg Ebert
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 15:59
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 15:59
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Check the WRITE_GATE signal, pin 6 on a 34-pin cable (aka ST506). When the WRITE_GATE signal is low, it'll wipe-out anything on the disk, which means that whatever is on the differential WRITE_DATA lines is immaterial. If you can, try grounding WRITE_GATE and see if it obliterates the data. At least you can isolate the problem between the drive and the controller. This sounds like a neat puzzle :-O
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!gvgpsa!gold!grege From: grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: hard disk stumpper Keywords: puzzles Message-ID: <1291@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Date: 15 Aug 90 15:59:56 GMT References: <3967@newton.physics.purdue.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA Lines: 9