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From: rob@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Wallen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: SE/30 Hard Disk
Message-ID: <3118@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au>
Date: 4 Nov 90 21:56:42 GMT
References: <44254@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1990Nov4.203617.26929@eng.umd.edu>
Reply-To: rob@murtoa.UUCP (Robert Wallen)
Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia
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In article <44254@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v119mb9h@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>Hi.  I have a SE/30 with 5Mb memory and 40Mb HD.  Occasionally,
>my HD (internal) does not boot up.  I see the HD light blinking
>dimmer than usual, then I get the disk icon with the "?" asking
>for a disk.  Is there something wrong with my HD, or is my system
>file somehow damaged?

Mine too.  My guess is that the disk is timing out because the memory check is
taking too long since the problem got worse when I put in more memory.  There
was some talk about a problem with internal Quantum drives a while back but no-
one I talked to knew what it was and Apple ignored any correspondence I sent 
them...