Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!udel!princeton!phsbbs!elon From: elon@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Elon Danziger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Mac SE Woes Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 91 00:21:33 GMT Organization: Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 28 Greetings. I have a question regarding the problems a friend of mine is having with a Mac SE. About four months ago, his Mac SE (with 40 meg Quantum Hard Drive) crashed. What happened was that the hard drive was not recognized--he'd get the icon of a Mac with a question mark upon startup. He then brought the computer to his dealer, and had the hard drive replaced. The dealer told him the old one had been defective. Some time later, the same thing happened--no recognition of hard drive. He brought the computer to my house, in hopes that *I* could do something. Surprisingly, when he brought it to my house, it worked perfectly, and all data was intact. Now, finally, he is again suffering from the same problem. It seems that this has happened too many times to be a coincidence, and I'd like to know if it is possible that somehow other pieces of hardware can be doing something to his Mac. He has an Apple //c, ImageWriter II, 1200 baud modem, 2400 baud modem, and a ScanMan scanner all clustered near his Mac. He has an IBM across from the computer, but got that AFTER the first occurrence. Finally, he has a large stereo with speakers about ten feet from the computer. Is this a problem which could only be caused by misuse, or could the hardware be the culprit. Help would be greatly appreciated--please respond in E-Mail. Thanks in advance. -Elon Elon Danziger, Managing SysOp PHSBBS Princeton High School DNS: elon@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us UUCP: ...!princeton!phsbbs!elon US Mail: 17 Chestnut Street / Princeton, NJ 08542 DISCLAIMER: Author bears full responsibility for this message.