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From: billsey@agora.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Got an old SupraDrive? Put a fan in it!
Message-ID: <1617@agora.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 01:42:55 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Solutions, Hillsboro, OR
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From article <3666@uokmax.UUCP:, by noel@uokmax.UUCP (Noel Scott Gorelick):
: 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?

	Could very easily be bearings... Most of the early Supra drives
are mounted upside down in the case. That made it easy for them to put
that little interface card in place for the cable. The drives do get
noisy pretty quickly though, and I don't know for sure what the drive
manufacturer says about it, but I'd be tempted to put your case on it's
side. It'll get a lot quieter, and I imagine it'll last longer too!

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