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From: spector@brillig.umd.edu (Lee Spector)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple internal HD80 sticking?
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Date: 27 Jul 89 14:02:33 GMT
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Reply-To: spector@brillig.umd.edu.UUCP (Lee Spector)
Organization: University of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Sci.
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I remember some discussion a few months back about "sticking" Apple hard
drives.  Well, my new (< 1 month old) IIcx just failed to recognize its 
Apple 80 meg internal hard drive at startup.  I restarted but the problem 
persisted.  Then I disconnected the power, waited a few minutes, and tried 
again - this time everything worked fine.  This leads me to ask several 
questions:

  1) Was the problem with sticking drives ever officially recognized or
     fixed?

  2) Does the symptom I've described necessarily forshadow near-term drive
     failure?  (Is there any less serious problem that could cause it?)

  3) Is there anything I can do to remedy the situation before
     the drive dies?  (Was there some kind of "secret recall"?)

Some previous posters had linked the problem to cold weather, but that is
definately not a factor in this case.  By the way, I've tried to minimize the
number of power-ups to about one per day - I'd leave it on all the time
if it weren't for all of the thunder storms in Maryland at this time of year.

Thanks for any and all responses,
   Lee Spector (spector@brillig.umd.edu)
   University of Maryland