[Sussex] Adaptec 2100S not recognising drive

[Jamie Penman-Smithson]

Hi there,

On 06/02/07, John Crowhurst <info at johnscomputersupport.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, February 6, 2007 15:54, Jamie Penman-Smithson wrote:
<snip>
> > So, I managed to find a new drive, however in the Adaptec RAID setup, it
> shows up as "Missing Component":
> >
> > (0,0,0,0) RAID-5
> > (0,0) QUANTUM ATLAS V 18 WLS
> > (0,1) Missing Component
> > (0,2) QUANTUM ATLAS_V_18_WLS
> > (0,3) QUANTUM ATLAS_V_18_WLS
>
> My guess is that you need to mark the drive for a rebuild somehow. What
> options does the setup program give you? Can you select the drive to do
> things with it?

I managed to figure out what the problem was - several of the pins on
the connector are broken, which is probably why it can't see the
drive.

Thanks for the reply,

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-Jamie L. Penman-Smithson <jpenman.smithson at gmail.com>