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From: mleiber@hpwad.HP.COM (#Michael Leiber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HD doesn't spin after power on ???
Message-ID: <19860002@hpwad.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 90 07:32:40 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Waldbronn, Germany
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Hi,

I'm currently experiencing a problem with my Seagate ST-251/1 harddisk.
Sometimes when I switch my computer on, the disk motor doesn't start to
spin. After power cycling the machine a few times, the motor suddenly
is willing to do it's job and starts turning. I allready checked the 
cabling and reseated the controller card (a WD-1006 SR2). What I also
have meant to recognize in the case of the motor not turning is an idea
of this smell you got when try to cook those tiny HW pieces called
IC's, resistors and so on (maybe that smell only exists in my imagination,
but ... ;-).

Does anybody have an idea of what's going wrong here ? Any help in this
case is appreciated. thanx                                      michael

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