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From: D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk (D.C. Halliday)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: STE and Hard Drives.
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.184643.11228@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 10 Aug 90 18:46:43 GMT
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In article <5569@castle.ed.ac.uk> aimd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Davidson) writes:
>In article <1990Aug3.165416.28366@newcastle.ac.uk> D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk (D.C. Halliday) writes:
>
>You never really mentioned what problems you had with your drive? If it
>was constant write failures then this may be a fault which Atari has
>actually (tried) to fix. Well, at least there is a hardware modification
>suggested by Atari to get bothersome drives to work.
>

      My problem was constant write fails. The problem after Third coast kindly
changed my STE is occasional write errors (only when machine is very hot.)

To partialy solve the problem I have removed the metal shielding and raided the
machine 5mm of the desk. This improved ventilation meens I can use my STE for
about 6 - 7 hours befor the first write error arrives.

>However, I believe Ataris instructions were somewhat confused but I'm
>trying to find out currently whether I can get my Power Drive fixed.
>(But in this case the problem is crashing upon reset).
>
>When I got my STE it totally crashed my hard drive and writes always
>failed. Best Prices checked my machine with a Megafile 30 and it worked,
>but they sent me a new machine anyway. I've had absolutely no write
>problems (or read for that matter) with the new machine. Maybe you could
>ask your dealer(?) for a replacement.

This sounds just like my old problem.

Dave H.
(D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk)