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From: pdel@zodiac.ADS.COM (Peter Delevoryas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: My Seagate hard drive burps!
Message-ID: <11378@zodiac.ADS.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 90 16:40:35 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300
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 the problem is that the drive "burps" (that's really what it sounds
>like!).  It has a pretty major burp (belch?) every 10 minutes or so, which
>lasts from about 1 to 1.5 seconds. Then, there is a MUCH more minor burp about
>every five minutes. The drive light does not flash.  The drive has given me
>absolutely no problems, but I'm wondering if this is something I should be
>concerned about. The drive is a Seagate ST157N (?), manufactured January
>1990.


I just got an ST157N also;it replaces the 32mb Seagate which I fried recently;
both of these guys "burped"(the minor kind). I haven't noticed that this caused
me any problems, though, either.

Peter D.