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From: c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: drive not spinning
Message-ID: <19065@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 2 Nov 89 07:23:28 GMT
References: <227@dg.dg.com>
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In article <227@dg.dg.com> daver@dg.UUCP (David Rudolph) writes:
>My 30M Mass Micro Systems drive is starting to have a problem I've seen
>mentioned here before.  It often doesn't start spinning the first time I
>turn it on; flicking the switch several times always gets it started.

Sounds like a power supply problem; Mass Micro has been known to sell
drives with flaky or inadequate power supplies.

>The question is: Is this going to get worse and worse, to the point
>where eventually it will never start?  MMS wants $50 just for an
>estimate, and possibly $250 to replace the drive mechanism after that.
>Are there any cheaper home remedies?  

I don't know about Massachusetts, but in California it's *illegal* to
ask for money for a repair estimate. And they can't ask for more than
10% up front, or that would be against California law as well.

You didn't say how old your drive was... how long have you had it?
If it's more than two years old, you're probably getting a better
deal if they replace the drive mechanism than getting a new drive
for about $1-200 more.

>David Rudolph
>uunet!dg!daver

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