SCSI Hard Drives have police from England in them?

[JASTECH]

I run SCSI hard drives in another rig that has been acting up. The main drive is a 36GB and sounds like somebody tap dancing so I ran a HD test and here are the results.

Min.Trans.Rate: 3.2
Max.Trans.Rate: 63.7
AVG: 45
Access Time: 8.8
Burst Rate: 88.3
CPU Usage: 12.7

There is also a siren sound like from a cop car in England that emits now and then.
I also have a 73GB and 18GB drive making the same sound.

Thermaltake Xaser III with all fans working. The MB is a Supermicro P4SCT. I pulled the CPU and cleaned compound then applied Zalman ZM-STG1 to CPU and re-anchored heatsink and fan. Is it my luck all my SCSI drives are going bad?

TIA, JASTECH

 

[Blain]

Are you running a quality power supply with enough wattage for your setup?

 

[Big Lar]

Its more than likely the SCSI Controller Alarm.You either have a bad drive/s or the controller needs to be reset.

Larry

 

[ArizonaSteve]

It's the UK Surveillance state at work...

 

[JASTECH]

Power Supply is a Thermaltake Pure Power #HPC-420-102 DF, Max Load 420w. How Do I reset the SCSI card?

TIA, JASTECH

 

[Big Lar]

Depends on what scsi card it is. On mine for instance, in the scsi bios for the card is an option to silence the alarm. On some you need to clear the configuration, of which can lead to losing data. You will need to look up the FAQ's for your card I'm afraid.

Larry

 

[JASTECH]

The card is Adaptec SCSI Card 39320 Dual Channel 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz

 

[Minerva]

I have a bunch of those cards and they do not have buzzers on them.

Are you sure it's a drive/card and not the motherboard?

 

[JASTECH]

I had stated it is coming from the SCSI drives, sounds just like the sirens in England.

Thanks, JASTECH

P.S. Any extra of these cards for free?

 

[RebateMonger]

Maybe I've been missing something, but I'm not aware of any kind of siren or alarm INSIDE a hard drive.

I've had motherboards emit siren sounds when a voltage regulator has failed, various RAID cards emit various kinds of alarms, and some motherboard monitoring software can emit siren-like sounds.

 

[JASTECH]

RebateMonger, maybe you are correct? I removed all the drives and put in the main 36GB and now and then I hear the "siren" so to speak and it is high pitched. I tried a stethoscope but could not pinpoint. I tried to locate information on the MB for this sound and came up empty handed. If it's a VR on the motherboard then it should be constant correct? This is not, I have replaced the Thermaltake fans with better ones and I can still hear it coming from the SCSI hard drive I think (now you have me wondering) MB is a Supermicro P4SCT REV: 1.11

Thanks, JASTECH

 

[sonoma1993]

Do you have superdoctor III install on your system? if not download and install that to see if it throwing out any warnings.

Also download and install Adaptec Storage Manager for your Scsi card, it should give you some kind of detail about what going on with your hdd's

 

[JASTECH]

sonoma, I will do that right now. I am also ordering 3 Hitachi 15k Ultra320 147GB HDDs

 

[JASTECH]

CPU @98F

I had to reboot after install, judt before post I heard the alarm again and it is coming from a IBM 36GB SCSI HDD.

Downloading Adaptec Storage Manager now.

Thanks, JASTECH

Edit: I installed the ASM and there is like nothing there. I don't know how to run it either, lol

 

[taltamir]

from the title i thought this was about spyware and backdoors preinstalled, not a loud drive.

 

[JASTECH]

Well I removed the SCSI drives and installed one SATA 250GB. While installing M$ I heard the siren again so I leaned up close to the drive and I could hear it. This puzzled me so I looked and the case speaker is right beside the hard drive holder!
My Bad!!! Big time, sorry. So it is the motherboard making the noise. I will keep superdoctor III running and see if there is a log it keeps or something useful.

Thanks, JASTECH

 

[JASTECH]

So that Superdoctor III monitors voltage, fan speeds, CPU Temp? Everything seems ok, what else can I try? I can't afford another MB at the moment.

Thanks so much for your help so far, please continue with ideas on this P4SCT

JASTECH

 

[Big Lar]

Have you run memtest on the system yet?

 

[JASTECH]

Big Lar, No I have not. I was in a lot of pain last few days so didn't feel like doing much. So it is the MB making the siren sound. My wife is mad at the MB for being so slow and she just bought it a few months ago and I think extended warranty. But I am giving her my GA-X38-DQ6 w/4GB G.SKILL, Q6600 and 3xSeagate 250GB drives and she already got one of my XaserIII cases but will have my CM832 when I get my LL case. Back to this Supermicro, Big Lar I will test it tonight and post.

Thanks, JASTECH

 

[rarebear]

The Police from England ?

I love that Band

Hope you get this issue worked out, sorry if your not in the mood for humor..

 

[Denithor]

Unplug the case speaker?



Just while you try to figure out why it's going off...

 

[California Roll]

I'm sorry I have nothing to add, but after living in England for a couple years this thread gave me a chuckle.

 

[JASTECH]

That is Ok friends, I do see the funny side and enjoy it. As I had stated I only have the one SATA II 250GB 700.10 drive in it and now everything is running slow again. It seems that Supermicro P4SCT motherboard is having issues and I cant see anything on Doctor III that can help. We are trying to get the extra money for my new MB and CPU, well I guess I need 12GB of memory for that MB too.

Thanks, JASTECH

 

[SonnyDaze]

FWIW, check the cpu temp. And in the BIOS see if there is a setting for cpu temp warning.

 

[JASTECH]

SonnyDaze, I think that is the problem. I ordered some new thermal paste "IC Diamond" and will try that once it gets here.

Thanks, JASTECH