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From: onymouse@netcom.UUCP (John Debert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 9133D hard disk drive failure.
Message-ID: <20749@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 91 05:43:46 GMT
References: <7370275@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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From article <7370275@hpfcso.HP.COM>, by rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland):
> Another common problem with the Seagate mechs used in the 9133 series is
> "stiction".  As they age, they experience increasing difficulty in spinning
> up.  I have a 9133L that requires either multiple cycles of the power
> switch, or physically picking up the drive and giving it a sharp rotation in
> order to get it unstuck.

They also are subject to bearing failure - at least the 10Mb ST-416 is. Have
had three in a row fail. Costs at least $75.00 each to repair them.

jd
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