Re: RS6000 MCA correct error procedure

On Feb 28, 9:35 am, RickE <ekb...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 28, 5:05 am, "Basil Holloway" <farl7F...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After all the above on 7009-C10 turned it off and 15 minutes later did a
boot up in normal mode and it stuck again on led 223.

Sounds like your hard drive is frequently failing to spin up when the
SCSI controller signals it to spin up, meaning that it might be time
to replace the hard drive. This is a common failure mode for the
older SCSI hard drives. The drive controller is working, so the drive
passes the "presence test", but it is not "READY", so you can't boot
from it.

Rick Ekblaw

I am sure Rick is correct here.....I always listen now when 223
arrives and if the case is open, sometimes I will tap on the drive to
kickstart it and it works.

CT
.

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