[iyonix-support] Re: common-mode false disc error 23's

In message <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?

It could be just one off the drives that is "up it" and stopping the
boot up initialisation. I would try disconnecting each one in turn.

Just a guess/thought.
-- 
David Pitt.

Computing with RISC OS.








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