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From: jaf@inference.com (Jose A. Fernandez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Incredible rumor about SPARCstation internal disk lossage
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 28 Apr 91 19:20:00 GMT
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Folks,

Has anyone experienced the following problem?

Robert has informed us that there is a known problem that can cause
internal disks in Sun workstations to die after being turned off!  The
multimedia/graphics group has been bitten twice by this in one week.

The problem has to due with the internal lubricant in the drive drying
out.  When the disk is turned off, it can't be started again.  The
work-around (until the dirves can be replaced) is simple:

1) Don't turn off your Sun workstation!
2) If you MUST turn it off, be sure that you back up all critical work
   from your internal disks beforehand.

If you've experienced the aforementioned problem, I'd appreciate hearing
from you.  It's always wise to have good reasons for nuking your local Sun
office.  Thanks, in advance, for your assistance.