I've since located the issue with the Ultra320 drives... they were sitting in the exhaust from Mansion, prior to its' untimely demise. I'm hoping that a good cooldown will bring them back online; there's now a cooling fan blowing across them.
Mansion is indeed an issue with the core drive. I swear I will NEVER buy/use another Maxtor drive. I don't know how they stay in business given the ratings they've been getting.
The real issue is that all of my gear is second or third hand and prone to being somewhat flaky. Most of the hardware in Mansion is like that. The exceptions are the cursed Maxtor drive and the CPU cooler/fan. I've already determined that there's a need for a much stronger power supply, and the previoiusly griped about case issues. They both stand to be fixed here in the next bit, but only if an install on one of the Barracudas will take. The 120gb drive is empty, so instead of being additional space it'll be the primary drive. That'll knock it down to 2 PATA, 2 SATA, and 1 optical.
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Date: 2008-07-10 01:01 pm (UTC)Mansion is indeed an issue with the core drive. I swear I will NEVER buy/use another Maxtor drive. I don't know how they stay in business given the ratings they've been getting.
The real issue is that all of my gear is second or third hand and prone to being somewhat flaky. Most of the hardware in Mansion is like that. The exceptions are the cursed Maxtor drive and the CPU cooler/fan. I've already determined that there's a need for a much stronger power supply, and the previoiusly griped about case issues. They both stand to be fixed here in the next bit, but only if an install on one of the Barracudas will take. The 120gb drive is empty, so instead of being additional space it'll be the primary drive. That'll knock it down to 2 PATA, 2 SATA, and 1 optical.
Sorry. I'm babbling. I'll hush now.