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Subject: trouble with Seagate 40mb drive
Message-ID: <3407@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 15:31:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 24 15:31:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 13:24:50 EDT
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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I have a PC'S LIMITED AT with a 40mb hard disk.  For the past
3 months the hard disk has periodically not spun up when the
machine was turned on.  This sometimes happened without fail for
weeks at a time, so the machine essentially had no hard disk.

The whole thing went to the shop several times, and I personally
swapped in a new controller, new power source, and new hard disk.
The results were the same;  the hard disk drive refused to spin.

The "solution"?  Shake the drive back and fourth until it rattles.
(I am not kidding)

Does anyone have a better solution?  Has anyone else had this problem?

Una Smith (Q2813@PUCC.BITNET)