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Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:07:47 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: On Thin Ice

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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 22:17:06 PDT7, Tom Brown wrote:

>Do you have S.M.A.R.T. monitoring running? The normal HDMON program
>supports only IDE drives, but there is a version that supports SCSI
>drives. I have a SCSI version, but I can't find the .ZIP file just now.
>I will try to find it for you.
>
>80-pin SCSI drives can often be found for cheap on eBay. They just need
>an adapter to allow connection to a 68-pin SCSI bus.

J.R.,
I run SCSI's too, using an Adaptec 29160N card and the 68 pin (expensive) Adaptec
cable.

I had trouble only with 1 hard drive. The SMART technology on it started to warn me of
an imminent hard drive failure. I immediately made a complete backup of the drive and
ordered a new one. I quickly replaced it before the problem got any more serious.

A little latter on I started having problems with the software/BIOS on the Adaptec card. It
began to fail at recognizing the hard drives attached, and therefore the BIOS bootup
would stall and time out. ALT-CNTRL-DEL would temporarily fix that. Then, it started
taking 2 or 3 ALT-CNTRL-DEL's to get by the error. I got another Adaptec card and
haven't had any problems since.

J.R., I'm betting its one of your hard drives. I advise you not to play with it. At a minimum
make a full backup of the drive that's giving you the problem (or, all drives, if you don't
know which one). If you think its the cable or the card, still make a solid backup for
safety, just in case (if it is the cable or card, you could end up with corrupted data on the
drives). If you think you have a temperature problem, fix that. But also, ASAP order and
install a new drive. Transfer your backup to the new drive. Test it out for elimination of
the problem.

I think you are lucky/fortunate so far in that you can still boot. I guarantee you, if its the
drive, the problem will get worse and one day you will not be able to boot.
HCM

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