In article <4d55c97b4e7cae64984e.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just now, I have had the Iyonix refuse to start up correctly, and end > up in VGA mode which then took ages to stop the hourglass circulating. > When it did settle, it said disc error 23 on drive4. Clicking on drive > 5, it gave the same error message, disc error 23 on 5. Clicking on > drive 6 it also gave disc error 23 on 6. > Clearly, all 3 drives cannot have gone wrong simultaneously. So, there > must be some common-mode failure. Something that will prevent all disc > drives from working, and makes tham all report disc error 23, despite > them all being perfectly alright. > I repeatedly switched the Iyo off at the back and tried again. > I did this 6 times over an hour, everytime the same things happened. > I then left it switched off for 10 mins, and it booted up perfectly, > hence I can now type this message. All 3 discs are perfect, no disc > error 23s anywhere! > What circumstances can invoke common-mode and false 'disc error 23' > errors? Power supply? -- From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey" Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11 --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support