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From: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Do OTHER hard drive brands fail
Message-ID: <29352@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 90 23:12:05 GMT
References: <2453@crash.cts.com> <27800012@adaptex>
Reply-To: nghiem@emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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In article <27800012@adaptex> neese@adaptex.UUCP writes:
>WHOA!!  Let's nip this in the bud right now!  The problem Quantum had was due
>to a lubricant that was susceptible to high humidity conditions.  The lube
>soaked up moisture and became glue instead of grease.  Quantum has changed

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>The nature of the problem will only manifest itsefl in high (>60%) humidity
>areas, where the drive does very little seeking and is power cycled every
>day.  I have one of the old drives with the potential grease problem, but have
>never had any troubles with it.  Of course it runs 24 hours a day, so there
>is no chance of humidity effecting it.

Our place is climate controlled. We too ran our Mac 24 hours a day to
avoid the seizure. Last night, someone inadvertantly shutdown the Mac and
let it cool down. Guess what happened?

Our repairs are covered by Apple's recall. But, we have been told that
the cut off date for the recall is 1 June 90.
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