RE: [cobalt-users] XTR boot-up problem

["Phil Beynon" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> > I suppose this means a "restore"
>
> Lousy coincidene, Gerald?  Of course nothing involved in changing fans
> should cause a drive (or in this case two drives) to fail.
>
> Did the machine run a long time with no cooling?  Of course that could
> cause drive problems.

No, it didn't get hot at all, just indicated that a fan was bad, so
we replaced all 6 of them.


> Have you tried swapping the two drives?  I would, as a last-ditch effort
> before a restore.

This particular XTR only has one drive, it's our development (XTR)
machine.


Gerald
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Gerald,
I've no idea if it is applicable to an XTR, but I have seen an occasion
where a fan had been replaced and was inducing electrical noise on a power
rail, causing hangs, boot errors etc. on the machine. Changed the fan again
and the machine ran just fine.
We just figured it must have been dumping something onto the rails which the
machine just couldn't handle.

Phil

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