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From: tchi@sal-sun54.usc.edu (The Answer Company)
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Subject: Hard Drive Problems
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Date: 12 Mar 91 02:53:35 GMT
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Hi everyone.  I almost had a heart attack today when I flipped on my hard
disk and all I got was a click.  About a minute later and after flipping the
on/off switch like a madman, the drive powered on.  Is this another one of
those spindle lubrication problems?  The drive is a Cutting Edge Wedge 30 and
I think the mechanism is a Seagate ST138N(?), the one everyone has on their
IBMs because it's capacity is 32MB.  Has anyone else had this problem with
Seagate mechanisms?  I'm well aware of the Quantum and Sony problems but
I haven't heard anything about Seagates with the same problem.  The drive
is almost three years old.

Another note on the Wedge drives...  My fan stopped working about a year ago.
I have a small 5" fan on my desk pointed at the drive to keep it cool.  On the
back, there's a black and a red wire running to the fan.  I've been too chicken
to snip them and attach a new fan and I can't get the fan housing off.  My
question is can I cut them, ie. those wires don't affect the power supply?
My voice mail messages to Cutting Edge has been unanswered and I'm tired of
calling long distance to Wyoming.  Am I better off just getting another
(read larger too) hard disk?

Thanks!

Tony Chi
tchi@usc.edu