volvo242gt
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Subject is the hard drive in my Centris 650. A DEC branded Quantum 230MB that has been formatted with HD SC Setup 7.3.5 and has System 7.6.1 installed on it.
Was working fine. Decided I'd like to have an activity LED that shone through the speaker grille, so I could see activity going on, instead of just hearing it. Used an LED that was connected to the 80MB Quantum I pulled from my IIci. Installed it, reassembled the case, then didn't do anything with the machine for about a week. This morning, connected the C650 to the monitor and keyboard, then powered it up. Heard a very quiet "skkrriccc" sound from the hard drive, then the floppy disk icon with the blinking question mark appears. Booted the computer using the 7.6 disk tools 1 disk I have. Drive didn't mount, nor did HD SC Setup see it on the bus. Turned off the computer and tried again without the LED. Same result. Then, remembering what happened back in early 1999 when another Centris 650 with another 230MB hard drive showed similar symptoms, I took the drive and inserted it into the IIci, thinking that it might start working again. Nope, not this time.
Is there a possibility that I might be able to resurrect it with a different controller board, or is there a chance that I may've damaged the platters themselves? Drive spins up and sounds normal, except for the lack of normal head movement sounds.
-J
Was working fine. Decided I'd like to have an activity LED that shone through the speaker grille, so I could see activity going on, instead of just hearing it. Used an LED that was connected to the 80MB Quantum I pulled from my IIci. Installed it, reassembled the case, then didn't do anything with the machine for about a week. This morning, connected the C650 to the monitor and keyboard, then powered it up. Heard a very quiet "skkrriccc" sound from the hard drive, then the floppy disk icon with the blinking question mark appears. Booted the computer using the 7.6 disk tools 1 disk I have. Drive didn't mount, nor did HD SC Setup see it on the bus. Turned off the computer and tried again without the LED. Same result. Then, remembering what happened back in early 1999 when another Centris 650 with another 230MB hard drive showed similar symptoms, I took the drive and inserted it into the IIci, thinking that it might start working again. Nope, not this time.
Is there a possibility that I might be able to resurrect it with a different controller board, or is there a chance that I may've damaged the platters themselves? Drive spins up and sounds normal, except for the lack of normal head movement sounds.
-J