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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: SE/30 Hard Disk
Message-ID: <1990Nov5.070916.3110@world.std.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 07:09:16 GMT
References: <44254@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1990Nov4.203617.26929@eng.umd.edu> <3118@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au>
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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rob@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Wallen) writes:

>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...

Apple has acknowledged the problem with Quantum drives and announced a
repair plan.  See your dealer.  (To find out the manufacturer of your
head-disk assembly without opening the Mac case, use the SCSI Probe 2.03
cdev, on many BBSs.)