Tony wrote: > Yes, it should. AFAIK there is no motor-on signal on the ST506 interface > or anything like that. On some Maxtor XT1000 and XT2000 series drives, which use the ST506/ST412 interface, there is an option to have spinup control on pin 5 of J2. Jumper JE enables the option, but it is only available on PCBs with part number 1059085.