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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
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Subject: Re: Drive alignment/damaged disks? Help!
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Date: 28 Nov 90 05:50:17 GMT
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kuento@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Doug Yanega) writes:

- I just recently bought a used 1040ST, and within a half hour of
- unpacking it (it was mailed), it was bombing, freezing, and giving 
- me "unreadable disk" warnings out the wazoo.

Open up the computer and reseat the chips.  I don't think a drive 
alignment problem would cause bombing and freezing, but a few loose 
chips (from the shipping) could very well cause all those symptoms.

- I have two questions - does this sound like a problem with the drive
- head going out of alignment (as a result of shipping), and if so, 
- are the "unreadable" and unbootable disks likely to be damaged now 
- as a result of being put in the machine? I ask because at least one 
- of the disks was copy-protected (DungeonMaster), and another was the
- Disk Doctor! (how ironic...).
 
If the problem really was a drive alignment problem, the disks would 
still be readable if they haven't been written to using the drive 
that was misaligned.

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         Ed Krimen  ...............................................
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