[Duo2400] Re: 2400 woes...

[Brian Getz]

--- Scott's Lists <lists at detwiler.us> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 08:12 AM,
> Duo/2400 List wrote:
> 
>
> Mechanical clunking just after start-up chimes
> indicate physical hard 
> drive failure, as do the aborted start-ups you
> describe.
> That's the only thing in there that can make such
> sounds.
>

That is true that the hard drive is most likely the
cause of the noise, but if the drive doesn't get
enough power it will not spin up enough to boot and it
will make that noise.

The fact that you get a partial boot sometimes make me
suspect a power problem.

I have duplicated this a few times, it only takes a
small power drop to make the hard drive fail. But it
does not always cause damage to the drive.

If you can boot externally it still may be a power
problem. If you can boot then run a hard drive test.

The other option is to install a known good drive and
see if it boots. 

Good luck.

=====
Brian 
Personal Email briang113 at yahoo.com

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