Congrats on it working.  You could be having a problems with the
soldering on the drive where the power and/or the data cables connect.
Heat and vibrations during use could cause intermittant problems as you
describe.

Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net


shadybunch wrote:
> Good news; got the hard drive to work....no idea how this happened, just turned the computer on after letting it sit for a day and it worked again????? Just wondering why this happens though and would love to get more info on that controller part that you mentioned Kevin.
> How do I check the controller and where is it? Just in case this happens again.
>
> The ribbon and power supply cables seem to be fine, and if it's not the controller, than any other suggestions would be great.
>
> Martha Shade

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