disk controller problem?

[Net Llama!]

This doesn't sound like a power supply problem to me.  I think your
controller is dying.  If it were the PSU, this wouldn't neccesarily effect
just the disks, especially when left on overnight in an idle state.

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Hi list;
>
> OK, still trying to first diagnose my mysterious disk controller (?)
> problem.
> Here is the behavior.
> a)  Leave the computer with idle applications (text editor, console,
> konqueror) on the screen and leave it overnight.
> b) Come back in the morning.  Screensaver is running.
> c) Move the mouse and a 'broken' desktop appears, mostly just a blank
> screen, and the computer (mouse, keyboard) is frozen.
> d) Press the 'reset' button to reboot (but leave the computer power on).
> e) On reboot, one or more SCSI disks are not recognized.  That is, the
> SCSI ID that is jumper selected on the drive is not seen at all, as if
> the device were not even plugged into the SCSI cable. Additionally,
> even if a bootable drive is actually recognized, the mbr seems to be
> unreadable.
> f) Ctrl-Alt-Del yields the same results.
> g)  Finally, a full power off reboot fixes the problem.
>
> BTW, early in the morning before I check the computer, the cron
> processes usually run so at least the mounted drive gets scanned at
> that time.
>
>

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