Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!argentina From: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: CMS Help!! Message-ID: <12002@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 19 Sep 90 13:16:48 GMT References: <0093CDDFF0C7E660.00000110@dcs.simpact.com> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Organization: Replace me with your organization Lines: 30 In-reply-to: jefft@gnh-applesauce.cts.com (Jeff Tarr Jr.) In article <0093CDDFF0C7E660.00000110@dcs.simpact.com>, jefft@gnh-applesauce (Jeff Tarr Jr.) writes: >In-reply-to: jonah@amos.ucsd.edu: > >The flashing lights represent a control card failure. I have had similar >circumstances many times. Usually the 7 flashes mean the head is sticking. >You can try snapping your wrist (while holding the mechanism). That can >unstick it. If it doesn't, you'll need to unscrew the controller card >(slightly) and manually spin the flywheel on the drive. That should get things >going. From there backup all the information and get the drive repaired. I used to notice similar behavior with the GCC Hyperdrive FX/20 (used the Seagate ST225N hard drive mechanism) I used to have a couple of years ago. I would turn it on and it wouldn't make the normal sounds of spinning up, and them the light would flash a number of times (don't remember how many). I found this usually happened when the room it was in was cold. I could usually fix the problem by leaving the drive on for a while to warm it up and turning it off and back on. It seemed to me like it had a problem with the head sticking or something, similar to the problem with the Apple/Quantum drives and the "sticky" lubricant they used. Ray Ray Rankins |(518) 387-7340 | INTERNET: rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com 2 Moonglow Rd. |(518) 583-3320 | COMPUSERVE: 71131,3236 Gansevoort, NY 12831 | | AmericaOnline: RayRankins