[iyonix-support] Re: Panther keeps switching itself off
- From: Julie <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:38:47 +0000 (GMT)
On 15 Feb, Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <531e62e786julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Julie <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I looked through my goodies box and found two HDDs - from RISC PCs surplus
> > to requirements, and known good (at least last time I looked). One was from
> > my dad's Kinetic, which I now have with my original HDD, and the other from
> > my brother, who has defected to Apple Mac ;-( . I still have the PSU I
> > replaced. So I will have a play over the w/e and seee what I can do. I also
> > note druck's comment and Chris's about earthing. (I've run into this one
> > before professionally, when some eejit connected my carefully-designed box
> > of tricks between two totally independent earth systems (don't ask), and
> > blew every fuse in sight. The box survived!)
> > I may well be on the phone to Chris on Monday.. :-(
> > Cheers
> > Julie
> I'd suggest the following:
> First, try the hard drives on a standalone PSU. When you power on I
> think they will spin up, which you should be able to feel.
> Then connect the a black wire on one PSU to a black on the internal
> one - don't rely on the mains earth being connected to the 0 volt line
> (or make sure that both are).
> Connect one of the presumed working drives to the Kinetic and the
> external PSU, power on the drive then the Kinetic and see what
> happens. At the very least I would hope the kinetic will find a disc,
> although it may not boot from it.
> Then try the same with your "failed" disc.
Thanks!
I'll let you all know what happens.
Julie
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