Thanks for your reply. I do have the drives, computer and monitors on a UPS. I received the replacement drive today (thanks Avid!). I’m just tired of going through this stuff. Do you reccomend leaving the drives “on” all the time? I switch everything off when I go home. is this a bad idea? I’ve heard from different
people different schools of thought about powering down SCSI drives. If I leave them on all the time,
my room tends to get pretty warm. I do have an air conditioning unit (fairly rare in Alaska) installed but
it’s kind of loud. Thanks again and I hope I have better luck with the new drive.