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Re: [english 100%] [emax] Re: Problem booting from HD

2010-01-07 by Malte Krug

Am 07.01.2010, 12:48 Uhr, schrieb emax_dx5 <cadena100rb@...>:

> If your HD stops after some spinning i would go for a voltage problem  
> again. If you have electronic skills and tools, measure the voltage on  
> the power socket to see if it goes to 0 when the hd stops.
>
> Another idea: Could it be a bad jumper settings on the HD?.
>
> Altough it is not Emax related, I had lot of troubles installing an HD  
> into my Akai S3000 XL. Had to set two jumpers for getting it working  
> properly.
>

Hi,

let me guess, you had to put the jumper on "buspower", because somebody  
blew the fuse on the Akais SCSIconnector? While booting the Akai otherwise  
got stuck with "WAITING FOR HD....SKIP"

cu
Malte (I know I know, again not Emax-related...)



> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "andykinnetz" <akinnetz@...> wrote:
>>
>> Checked the sockets, everything looked ok.  What happens is the hard  
>> drive will spin up twice and then just go into standby mode, meanwhile  
>> the emax is searching through scsi finding nothing... then if I leave  
>> the emax on just sitting there searching scsi for atleast 5-10mins and  
>> restart the hard drive will kick in instantly.  And will do so until I  
>> turn it off for an extended period of time.  It's almost like something  
>> is discharged after a while and then it takes 5-10 mins to charge it  
>> back up before the hard drive will kick.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>

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