20 Jul
2002
20 Jul
'02
4:51 p.m.
On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Joe wrote:
At 02:22 AM 7/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
The DCD 5215 will support several different types of drives depending on
how the configuration jumpers are set, so hopefully if I can't resurrect
the V170, I can at least make some sort of 60MB+ ST-506 drive work in the
system...
-Toth
This system uses a Vertex V170 (60MB?) ST-506
drive. Is anyone familiar
with them? I'm guessing I may just end up having to replace the drive with
something else. Does anyone have any brands/models they'd suggest trying
in this system?
I once attempted to repair one of HP's HP-IB hard drives used a Vertex
drive internally. I THINK it was a V160 but I'm not sure now. I never
did find a replacement that would work. IIRC I tried other brand drives
but I couldn't LL format the new drive with the normal user stuff from
HP so I don't know if the replacement drives were incompatible or ?? or
if the replacements failed due to my inability to LL format them. I
suspect you'll run into a similar problem. In addition, you'll lose all
your SW if you replace the drive. If I were you I'd do my best to get
that drive working again. The fact that it spins up initailly is a
promising sign. I did look through my HP disk drive notes but I couldn't
find anything that told what model HP used the Vertex drive.
If you find a useable replacement or manage to resurrect that drive I'd
be interested in hearing what you learn.