[CUBE] Firewire problems

[Laurie A Duncan]

On 1/20/03 1:30 AM, franc-b at shaw.ca typeth:

> Hello all.
> haven't been following the list too closely lately but i have a very
> weird problem... and before i take it to the repair shop i thought id
> ask some intelligent cube owners for their advise..
> 
> i have a fw hd it's a 60 gb maxtor 5600 rpm (ithink) it a very quite
> model. just 1 year old.
> but the problem isn't really the drive... when i flick my switch to
> turn the drive on it doesn't ... at least not right away like it used
> to (even a 5 second wait is normal) but now itls minutes. sometimes up
> to 10!  once it spins up and tries to mount (i hear r/w noise) it
> momentarily spins down then back up! and then tries again (same pattern
> of r/w noise) sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. when it does mount
> it's only usable for about 10 mins. then it spontaneously spins down
> and back up again but this time it's unmountable. it won't even
> recognize that its on (lookin in terminal)

The problem you are describing is likely with the Maxtor drive itself, not
with the Cube. Since it's only 1 year old, contact Maxtor for an RMA and
have it replaced under warranty.

Laurie
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