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From: jim@coplex.UUCP (Jim Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Disk Drive faux pas.
Message-ID: <266@coplex.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 88 11:25:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Copper Electronics,  Louisville, Ky.
Lines: 23
Keywords: hardware disk drive stupid

I have a question regarding hardware repair.  I, er, uhem, a friend of mine,
yeah, that's who it was, plugged in my, er, his external drive with the power
to the computer on.  Yes, I know it was a stupid thing to do, but you know how
it goes on a bad day.  Anyway, I plugged in the drive and guess what?  It died.
I am assuming I power-surged something into the great land of charcoal and
molten plastic.  The drive would make some weird noises that reminded me of a
vacuum cleaner with a loose plug... you know, like it would start up and when
it got just shy of full whine it would die out again.  If anybody has done 
this before and knows from experience, or has not done it but knows what is 
most likely burned out, I would appreciate it very much.  I sure would hate to 
have to buy another drive because a $.39 capacitor is fried.

Engineering:  Capt'n, we are going ahead at warp 8, but our port engines are out
Captain    :  Result?
Engineering:  We be goin in circles, sir.
Captain    :  Not good.
Engineering:  It's even worse than that, I think we are catching up to ourselves

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Jim Sewell		Make knowledge free!		|    <*>   <*>   This is
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