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From: smedley@udel.EDU (Trevor Smedley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SuperMac 30meg hard drive problem
Message-ID: <20584@marius.udel.EDU>
Date: 30 May 90 15:05:01 GMT
Reply-To: smedley@cis.udel.edu (Trevor Smedley)
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I have a SuperMac DataFrame 30 which has acted rather strangely on two
occasions now.  Both times it has sounded like it slowed down and then
sped up a few times.  The slowing down sound was just like when it gets
turned off, and the sppeding up was like when it gets turned on.  I
don't think the power light flickered, but it could have and I just
didn't notice it.

The first time it caused a system crash and damaged a few files (it was
writing when it went flaky).  The second doesn't seem to have caused
any damage.  The first time was while in Microsoft Works and the second
while in Intuit Quicken, so I don't think the problem is with either of
those.

Is there much chance that this could be a system software problem?
Both times were while during rainstorms (no lightning) so I am guessing
that it might have been a power fluctuation.  The Mac (and it's
internal drive) were unaffected (or if they were, I didn't notice).

Has anyone else ever noticed this and found out what it was.  I guess
it's about time I backed up the disk, "just in case."

Thanks

Trevor Smedley smedley@udel.edu