hardware fault on SGI Indigo?

From: Fabian Hänsel <fabtagon_at_gmx.de>
Date: Sat Dec 11 10:58:47 2004

Pete Turnbull wrote:

>That looks like a faulty drive. Does it spin up? fx is trying to read
>
Yes, it does. Somebody sent a hint to me to use a tool on the install
cds called ide.IP12, which indeed displayed the drive to be faulty. I'm
trying to get another one.

>>The hd is in the bottom drive bay. After my enter keystroke in line 4
>>(drive#=1) the led flashes for a short time and at the same time (or
>>maybe some millisecconds later) the error message appears.
>>
>
>As you probably know, the SCSI ID is automatically determined by the
>bay you put the drive in. At least, it is if you use standard sleds,
>which have a connection from the ID pins on the drive, via the sled
>connector, to the backplane.
>
My drive has a 50 pin scsi, a 4 pin power supply and a 10 pin cable (I
did not know what it is used to) - that connects to those ID pins,
doesn't it? A new drive does not have to have such ID pins, as long as I
can set the scsi id with jumpers, is that right?

Thanks,
  Fabian
Received on Sat Dec 11 2004 - 10:58:47 GMT

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