Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!chx400!itrpe!HP_20!mheubi From: mheubi@.itr.uu.ch (Heubi Matthias) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Bad Blocks on Optical Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 16:25:33 GMT References: <1991Apr16.181002.13073@athena.mit.edu> Sender: lp@itrpe.UUCP Lines: 19 athame@athena.mit.edu (Dirk Karis) writes: >My optical drive (from the businessland firesale) succumbed to the spinup/ >spindown syndrome due to dust yesterday. A quick cleaning solved the >Dirk Karis >athame@athena.mit.edu SPINUP/SPINDOW PROBLEM ? What is this exactly? I had a problem with my drive, refusing to spin up and even to boot the OS from OD. A few days later, the problem disappeared. Is this due to dust pollution? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias Heubi / NeXT / Atari ST / HP-48SX / mheubi@itrpe.uu.ch ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthias Heubi / NeXT / Atari ST / HP-48SX / mheubi@itrpe.uu.ch -----------------------------------------------------------------------