[G4] DRIVE PROBLEM

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

Just my 2¢, I wouldn't buy a western digital for a nickel. Had just to may
problems with them back in the G3 beige desktop days. Also just had a friend
of mine with what sounds like the same drive as yours crap out on him.

> ----------
> From: 	Jim Blokland
> Reply To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Sent: 	Monday, March 17, 2003 9:35 PM
> To: 	Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: 	[G4] DRIVE PROBLEM
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I've got two Western Digital 80 GB drives (2MB cache) on a Sonnet Tempo 
> RAID 133 card, in my Dual 500 G4.  They are raided together, and NOT 
> used as a boot drive.  Sometimes when the computer has been on for a 
> while (it gets warm in there), when I restart, I get the spinning wheel 
> with the grey Apple, and then the 'circle with a line through it' 
> no-go.  Once the computer has sat shut down for awhile, everything 
> boots up fine.
> 
> I believe the OS goes through a system-wide check before continuing the 
> boot sequence, and it sees something funky about those drives (this 
> never happened before I installed the RAID array).  Anyone have any 
> ideas whether it's the heat, some kind of 'time-out' with the WD drives 
> -- or the Tempo RAID card acting up?
> 
> If you're running a similar config, your help would especially be 
> appreciated.
> 
> Best, JIM.
> 
> OS 10.2.4, 1 GB RAM, Dual 500...
> --
> JIM BLOKLAND
> jim at blokland.com
> http://www.blokland.com
> 
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