Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!bunny!jwg1 From: jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: IIci and strange disk activity ? Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 19:28:30 GMT References: <25989@mimsy.umd.edu> Sender: jwg1@GTE.COM Distribution: usa Organization: GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA Lines: 16 In-reply-to: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu's message of 11 Aug 90 13:31:42 GMT In article <25989@mimsy.umd.edu> folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes: > A couple of months ago (the posters IIci) started stuttering. That is, the disk would chatter > as if seeking around rapidly, but the access light would not come on... > > Could it be that there is a bad spot on the disk, or a cylinder where it > has trouble seeking?... I have a IIci at home that does the same thing; so does a IIcx at work. I would like very much to know what is going on - especially with my personal machine. -- Jim Gish (jgish@gte.com) Principal Investigator Software Reusability Project GTE Laboratories Inc.