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From: honp9@jetson.uh.edu (Jason Tibbitts/The Blob Shop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Harddrive Problem
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Date: 24 Jul 90 03:35:30 GMT
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In article <963@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com>, boi@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi) writes:
> problem is occurring? I have a Xetec Fastrack HD controller and 
> a Quantum 105Mb HD running in my A2000 with 1Meg chip ram and 3 
> meg total RAM. The problem is that on a few occasion (about three 
> times) during the six months of ownership of this system, I have 
> had the occurrence of my system failing to autoboot from the
> harddrive upon system powerup. It appears to fail to recognize the 
> existence of a harddrive. If I retry the powerup a few times, it 
> eventually works. The last time this occurred though, I spent about

I have a problem which sounds similar.

If I leave my 2000 running for a long time (8+ hours) the Quantum 105S will
lock up and refuse to do anything.  I get read/write errors.  If I reboot, the
system will usually fail to notice tha harddrive, even though the access light
flickers.  If I power down, the system usually comes back up.

I have heard of problems with older quantum drives 'sticking', and my drive is
one of the early ones.

How do I get service on the drive, if it is faulty.

I am dead sure that the drive is somehow at fault.

Thanks,
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