Re: Replace Disk Unit Under Parity Protection

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!  Removing the battery worked to reset it.

I'm leaving for an (extended weekend) vacation soon, but I'll try some 
of the other suggestions next week.

This is, indeed, RAID-5. (Not mirrored.)  And I only have one failed 
drive. The system is still fully operational, as long as the dead drive 
is still in the machine.  But, I get frequent messages saying "Critical 
Failure! Call your service provider now!", which makes the system 
frustrating to use...  so I was hoping to resolve this problem.  I'm 
also using it as a learning experience.  Although I'm quite proficient 
with replacing parts in PCs, I haven't a lot of experience doing 
hardware work on our favorite platform, so I thought it'd be a good 
experience.

But, anyway... I'll try some of the other ideas (removing the drive from 
the ASP, booting a CD to DST with the 'dead' drive removed and resetting 
the cache, etc) next week.

On 2/22/2012 3:49 PM, Chris Bipes wrote:
> Just shut the system off, unplug it, and remove the battery.  Leave
> it off for 5 minutes before reinstalling.  The system will think it
> is a new battery.  The battery life timer will be reset so the
> battery may/will fail unexpectedly, but for a toy, well you judge if
> it is acceptable risk.  You must have something else going on beside
> one failed drive.
>
> 1.  Can you remove the drive from the ASP?
> 2. Can you end the RAID-5?
>
> 3. Are you running RAID-5 or was this drive part of a mirrored pair
> and the other drive is already gone?
>
> Just throwing out curve balls.