Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!pss4 From: pss4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul S Shannon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: weird HD crash Message-ID: <1991Apr23.193630.8156@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 23 Apr 91 19:36:30 GMT References: <1991Apr19.060827.28900@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: pss4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul S Shannon) Distribution: usa Organization: Columbia University Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) writes: > This happened here and taking a rubber mallot to it sometimes helps > BUT THIS IS *NOT* RECOMMENDED. You can also twist the Mac (or remove > the drive and twist it) in a somewhat violent motion in the direction > that the drive spins. This was enough to unstick a drive here. > > And remember. This is a VERY good time to do backups!!! > >hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov >NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Hmm, when I talked to the computer consultants here, they said that if I was really daring I could take it out and drop it, and that might unjam the drive. It sort of seemed a bit radical for me.... If I twist the Mac, which way should I do it, clockwise or counterclockwise? And also, is there any detrimental effects if I leave the computer on all the time? Thanks for the replies. Cheng-Jih Chen (using Paul Shannons account) ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you happen to fall off the Sears Tower, go limp, so people will think you're a dummy and they'll try to catch you, because, hey, free dummy.