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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Hard drive/controller FRUSTRATION (HELP!)
Message-ID: <277ed24e-6e8.1comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 31 Dec 90 06:55:02 GMT
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/*  Hard drive doesn't work right in XT  */

You might try loosening the mounting screws, placing some insulating
substance under the drive, and/or attaching a "real" ground from the drive
frame to the PC frame.  What makes me suspicious is the fact that it came up
once, but quit "when the case was put on."  There's also a reasonable
possibility that the power supply isn't up to the task.  Check DC voltages,
(+5 and +12).  Also check for ripple on the DC supplies.  Sometimes a
laboring power supply will read OK on a DC test, but the ripple will be
phenomenonal!

My qualifications:  I've put a _lot_ of hard drives in XTs...  :-)

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?