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From: byronl@copper.MDP.TEK.COM (Byron Lunz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HELP! ST251 isn't spinning up much anymore
Message-ID: <3297@copper.MDP.TEK.COM>
Date: 7 Jul 89 17:42:08 GMT
References: <20197@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: byronl@copper.MDP.TEK.COM (Byron Lunz)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <20197@cup.portal.com> Scott_A_Dalrymple@cup.portal.com writes:

>I wonder if anyone out there has had a problem I am having with my
>Seagate ST-251 40MB hard drive.  Lately it is very difficult to get it
>to spin up when I turn on my AT clone.  It first happened probably a

    [gory details deleted]

> 
>Can anyone provide any suggestions for me?  I don't want to throw away
>a perfectly good car want of a battery (so to speak).  The disk works
>*fine* once it comes up.  No problems at all.

I too would welcome suggestions.  Just the day before yesterday, my
5.7 month old PC clone with ST251-1 came up with "Hard drive failure".
The problem was the same - the disc was not spinning up.  I took the
drive out and just gave it a little twist of the wrist and when I
reinstalled it it took right off.  And there have been no more problems
in the last 6 or so power-ups.  

But of course, with reports like Scott's, I would like to get the drive
replaced under my dealer's 6-month drive warranty!!!  Any suggestions
how to convince the dealer there really is a problem???  (I tried to
call Seagate's 800 # but it always busy - is that another symptom?)