[iyonix-support] Re: Booting up is failing intermittently
- From: John Sandford <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:35:35 GMT
In message <4eb211e847list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
list@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Help, booting up is failing.
> At this stage it's intermittent.
[snip]
>
> I have:
> New 120gb WD drive set as master with slave
> The orig 120gb maxtor drive set as slave (no link)
> Both plugged into the motherboard socket nearest the edge with a new
> strap cable. Floppy is connected and plugged into power supply, but no
> light on at the front. No bootup sounds from that.
>
> CD drive is not connected. It was reporting CD drive not found at the
> same time that this intermit boot-failure started.
[snip]
>
> Like I said, booting up is intermittent.
> What should I do?
>
> Brian
I have seen a number of WD drives which failed in even x86 machines
unless they had a 400Watt Power supply with similar problems as you
also on my Iyonix it stopped booting even as a slave.
Try removing the WD drive.
John
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