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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HD will not spin up (sometimes), banging it helps; Suggestions?
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Date: 29 Oct 90 19:19:06 GMT
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In article <0!8%_**@rpi.edu> freewill@pawl.rpi.edu (Jenni L. Lexau) writes:
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>Opening a drive in a normal office environment WILL kill it, even
>if it's only open for a few seconds.
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	Has anyone tried this? I know it is
supposed to be a bad idea, but...

	If you ever opened a drive and then had it function
satisfactorily afterwards, please tell me. Or, if it was
kaput afterwards. tell me that, too.
	Thanks.


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