Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!umigw!ibiza!dl From: dl@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: hard disk crash - help please Keywords: blinking lights Message-ID: <735@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> Date: 29 Aug 89 23:47:46 GMT References: <8908101714.AA16538@ei.ecn.purdue.edu> <1510@dsacg1.UUCP> Sender: news@umigw.MIAMI.EDU Reply-To: wb8foz@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (David Lesher) Distribution: usa Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers Lines: 10 I missed the original post, but! On some drives, there are TWO lights. I had a customer with a 40 meg Rhodime {sp} and guess what... The other light gives an error code. When the repair staion told me that, I told them what is was (da di da dit, da da di dah ;-} and they told me it meant: motor speed error. Now if ONLY they told me that BEFORE I bought the new controller....... Flash! Murphy gets look and feel copyright on sendmail.cf {gatech!} wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM