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By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/4/98 3:47:08 PM
# Replies: 17
Today, for some reason, my PC has crashed twice to the dreaded Blue Commodore 64 Screen of Death with a message about not being able to locate the disk in drive D.
For those of you following along at home, drive D is my whizbang new 2.5 gig, which houses the web server and the Grunion files. This drive is less than a month old, mind you.
Additionally, since I installed this thing, I've noticed that the annoying power conservation features that I have had turned OFF since I started running the board *appear* to be in effect again. Oh, the settings in BIOS and in Win95 all say it's turned off. But if I wait around long enough, these drives will definitely power down. I dunno why.
Anyway, watch out for mysterious crashes. My apologies in advance. I'll make frequent backups. :)
Response #1
By: rorschach
Date: 1/4/98 8:22:59 PM
most of the newer drives (especially connor/segate drives) have a auto-spindown mode hardwired into their on-board bios. no way to turn it off, period. you can thank your freindly neighborhood EPA for this shit!
Response #2
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/4/98 9:37:24 PM
Fang, do you have an I-430-HX chipset, and an Award 4.51PG bios?
If you do, I came across this same thing with one of my dev machines here. I had to replace the motherboard because of a bug in the bios/chipset.
It only surfaces when there's more than one drive on the onboard IDE controller.
Am I close?
Response #3
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/5/98 2:34:09 PM
Um, not sure bout all the details, but it is Award BIOS.
So far though, my "jiggling" of the power cable seems to have helped tremendously (it *was* kinda loose on the new harddrive).
Response #4
By: Ralf
Date: 1/5/98 5:24:31 PM
Heh.
"Is your new computer Energy Star{tm} compliant?"
"Only if I don't jiggle the cables."
Response #5
By: Cleotis
Date: 1/6/98 2:07:44 PM
If you jiggle it more than three times, that constitutes playing with it.
Fang! Don't!
You'll go BLIND!
Response #6
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/9/98 12:07:29 AM
My life is Energy Star (tm) compliant...I have to keep my mouse moving or I start Miss Pelling werds..
....the preceding message was brought to you by the Random Punctution Union, The Fajita-flavored Nasal Spray Addiction Clinics of Houston, and the Ad Council.
Response #7
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 1/9/98 5:33:16 PM
I agree, I'd say that's the diagnose's of the day. Power saving mode. had that same problem myself. Turned it off, no problem.
2.5 gig drives? They still make those?
Response #8
By: sooz
Date: 1/11/98 12:29:15 PM
I've got a 2.1. Is that normal?
Response #9
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/11/98 10:46:07 PM
So...just what size *is* normal for a hard drive...for a floppy drive...for a zip drive?
Response #10
By: Da Sissop
Date: 1/12/98 8:47:58 PM
Why can't we all just get along?
Response #11
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/13/98 3:53:24 AM
Errr...a long *what*?
Response #12
By: Roxanne
Date: 1/13/98 11:04:55 PM
*sigh*
You men and your damn hard drive envy! When will you learn it's *quality* and not *quantity*?
Umm, does this dress make me look fat?
Response #13
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/14/98 5:39:22 AM
"Hmmmm..." looking down "...mine says 'Got Milk?'. What's that mean?"
Response #14
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/24/98 9:11:38 AM
Fang! Zane's suckling on spawning ground again!
Response #15
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/24/98 1:54:53 PM
Eyes darting about the room looking for someone else who has a nametag that reads 'Hello, My Name Is: Isopropyl Alcohol'...
"Who....Me?" quickly hiding the plans for a french milking machine in his boot...
Response #16
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 1/24/98 2:40:31 PM
Ooooo a joke..
A sales man sells a dairy farmer a milking machine.. sales man leaves.. the farmer looks at the machine..looks interesting..thinks he will try it out on himself..he does..feels great..he's all done and tries to turn it off..he can't..so he starts screaming for his wife..she runs to the barn..see the situation and tries to turn it off..she can't..so she tells her husband she'll call and see if the sales man is back in his office and find out how to turn it off..she reaches the sales man..tells him the situation and he says..
"Well make sure you feed and water him good..cause it's set for a gallon...."
Response #17
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/28/98 2:02:29 PM
"Yep, as soon as I teach this machine to make biscuits, she's outta here!"