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From: noel@uokmax.UUCP (Noel Scott Gorelick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Got an old SupraDrive? Put a fan in it!
Message-ID: <3666@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 89 09:21:51 GMT
References: <1737@sactoh0.UUCP>
Reply-To: noel@uokmax.UUCP (Bamf)
Organization: Big Blue Box
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In article <1737@sactoh0.UUCP> hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser) writes:
>I've had a 20 Meg SupraDrive hooked (thru their 4x4 interface) to
>my A1000 for a couple years.  It has, from time to time, developed
>read/write errors and if you have a hard drive you know what a pain
>in the ass that is. 
	<Stuff about put a fan in it and it works better deleted>

Me too.  I have put a small external fan on my drive for almost a
year now.  It cured my r/w errors too.  (BTW, when I remove the fan
for more than 10 minutes, it starts whining...  Bad bearings?

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