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From: delingma@THUNDER.LAKEHEADU.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Dead Rodime Drive...
Message-ID: <9106262130.AA08622@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>
Date: 26 Jun 91 21:30:00 GMT
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Hi. I have a dead 40 (or 45  -I'm not sure) Meg Rodime SCSI drive that
I sort of inherited. Various SCSI tools are able to talk to it, so the
controller board is good, but the drive refuses to spin up. Using a
hair drier :-) to heat it up a bit first, I can get it to spin, but
nothing I have will let me format it etc etc. Any suggestions as to what
might be wrong? Is is worth getting this drive fixed? Where could I do so?
and if I decide to trade it in on a new drive who would you suggest?

(If I can make it work it is going to replace my dying HD20 I have)

Thanks in advance.
Dan Lingman

delingma@thunder.lakeheadu.ca