Date   : Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:05:46
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Viglen Winnie / Miniscribe 3438

Joel Rowbottom wrote:
> Hi chaps --
>
> Anyone have the "flashing LED" error codes for the Miniscribe 3438 which
> is inside the Viglen external hard disk unit? I think mine's gone pop
> but want to verify if it's the board or the drive.

If you bash "miniscribe fault codes" into a Deja (umm, Google Groups) search
then it turns up a list - I think Miniscribe use the same same codes for all
drives of that vintage.

> Was working a few days ago, now powering it up just gives flashing LEDs.
> ADFS is waiting for it tho which makes me think it's not the board...

Not the best of weather for ancient ST506 drives at the mo!