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From: cs75scv@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (David Nguyen)
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Subject: Re: Help! My SyQuest parks itself at will!
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Date: 1 May 91 21:47:18 GMT
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In article <1991May1.075257.15090@rodan.acs.syr.edu> jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno) writes:
>About a week ago, I was using my ClubMac SyQuest (44MB removable) drive and
>it started parking itself for no apparent reason.  Then the problem 
>mysteriously went away... Today it's happening again, I've had it on for
>probably 6 hours or so and it parks itself (well, I can hear the motor
>spin down and the green light blinks). Sometimes it will come back up to
>speed before it spins down completely.  A few minutes ago, I noticed what
>I guess is an error code being flashed after it spun down once. The code
>was four consecutive short pulses of the green light followed by one puls
>of the orange light. Does anyone know what this means?  I installed a SCSI
>controller card in it (to interface with my Atari ST) about 9 months ago, 
>and it's had heavy use since then without any problems.  Can I get warrantee
>service on the drive with the mod I did? I didn't play with the actual 
>mechanism at all, just the case.
>
>Many thanks for any help.
>
>PS - It just did it again and displayed 5 green, then one orange... Medic!
>

Thanks to my trusty SyQuest manual...  I HAVE the answer!!!

4 green and 1 red means:	"Spindle motor failed to start"
5 green and 1 red means:	"Power supply failure (voltages out
				of spec)"

Seems like a power problem to me...  Check your connectors...

If you have more problems, feel free to e-mail me...

David
UCSD

Disclaimer---  blah, blah, and I don't work for SyQuest.  But I do
need a summer job.