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From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: SupraDrive 60 problem
Keywords: Won't get going
Message-ID: <3316@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 25 Jun 89 14:06:22 GMT
Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
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I'm having an erratic problem with a six-month old SupraDrive 60.
Twice now it has failed to come up when I turn it on.  The problem is
clearly audible -- usually it spins for a few seconds, then gurgles a
bit, presumably as the head moves into place.  After the gurgling stops
I can turn on my ST and it autoboots.

When the problem strikes, the disk starts to spin but nothing happens --
no further sounds, and when I turn on the computer it boots from a
floppy without my having to play with the keys, just as if the HD didn't
exist.

Any ideas?  I will call Supra of course, but the problem is an erratic
one and I would hate to do without for several weeks while they fail to
find anything wrong!
-- 
Bill Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2
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