Franklin wrote:

>The WD drive was set correctly, and as CS 1 with maxtor as CS 2 it
>worked fine for a couple months, then it's as if the maxtor just slowly
>melted away. It gave me enough time to back up what was important to
>keep, then would no longer work. Except when I used the maxtor powermax
>software to test it, it showed no errors at all. I then traded the
>maxtor for the DVD/rw and the WD drive with the dvdrw are running fine
>with no problems. I installed the maxtor drive by itself on a new 80
>wire cable, still with the same problems. The replacement maxtor
>behaves the same way. Only after I install it on a 40 wire cable does
>it become useable.
>
>I was concerned as hard drives become larger and faster, they would
>become less reliable. Maybe it's rather becoming true.
>
>Franklin
>  
>

Hi Franklin,
I presume that when you had the Maxtor on an 80-wire cable that you 
tried "forcing" the Danis506.add with the "/A:1 /U:0
/80wire" switches?

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