Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!epp4010 From: epp4010@isc.rit.edu (E.P. Pylko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Miniscribe 20 bites it... Message-ID: <1991Mar19.201530.22271@isc.rit.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 20:15:30 GMT References: Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 33 In article smargari@nmsu.edu (Susan Margarit) writes: >I have a 3 year old SE 20 with the Miniscribe 20M disk >that has access times measured in deciseconds rather >than milliseconds. Just 3 days after I hooked up a >40M quantum external it stopped working. It died of >envy I suppose. In any case, it just sits there flashing >S.O.S. I.e. it emits 3 short flashes followed by 3 long >flashes. It also doesn't spin. Is there any hope for >this drive? Should I spend the $75 bucks to hear a >Computerland tech say, "yep, its dead. That'll be $600 >to put a brand new reconditioned 20M drive in it." Or >should I just yank it out and use it as a bookend? > >Jim Well, I have a 2.5 year old SE 20 whose Miniscribe HD died also... I took it to our school tech support, and they said the logic board is fried. Fortunatly, I have a friend whose SE 20's HD died too :) His motor was shot... The light would flash, but you couldn't hear the motor :( BTW, they wanted $400 to fix my HD. Seems like you have a good bookend :) Eric -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Eric Pylko epp4010@ritvax or epp4010@ritvax.rit.edu Disclaimer: Why would RIT want to say any of this?