Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!demon!news From: tricky@cix.compulink.co.uk (Richard Harrison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: MTBF for A3000 Hard Drive Message-ID: <1991Apr22.181702.5529@demon.co.uk> Date: 22 Apr 91 18:17:02 GMT Sender: news@demon.co.uk (C-News Owner) Reply-To: Richard Harrison Organization: Gated to News by demon.co.uk Lines: 31 Re: MTBF for A3000 Hard Drive ???? Subject: Re: MTBF for A3000 Hard Drive ???? Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware References: From article , by hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey)- : > > My A3000 just started making some whirring noises. I suspect > it's the hard drive bearings. Providing you've got a Quantum, you should have one of the most reliable drives so its probly just your fan :-) > had it for a year yet. If I have to turn it off constantly > then it won't be much good as a 'substitute' for a work station Generally electronics is more reliable if you leave it switched on... /---------------------+---------------------------------------------------\ | . . | Richard J. Harrison, tricky@cix.compulink.co.ukc | | .__ (__ __) . | '.co.ukc', the domain where international mail | | / ~~______ | costs $0.06/kb | | __/ ^ \ / +---------------------------------------------------+ | / /\ . /| _ \ / | Sometimes the above address fails, if so use | | \/ \|/ |_/\\_\/__/ | tricky%cix.compulink.co.uk@specialix.co.uk | \---------------------+---------------------------------------------------/