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From: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: hard disks keep croaking
Message-ID: <383@apr.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 88 20:17:35 GMT
References: <349@ndcheg.UUCP>
Reply-To: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr)
Organization: APR, Columbus, OH
Lines: 24
Keywords: disk, pc, xt, dead

In article <349@ndcheg.UUCP> evan@ndcheg.UUCP (Evan Bauman) writes:
>transient.  Sometimes the data is there; sometimes it's not.  First
>I thought the problem might be heat-related.  I had them run it with cover
>off for a while, but this didn't help much.  Now I've got them replacing
>the power supply.

Evan,

Don't know if your problem is head-related or not, but I have found that
running with 'skins off' is not necessarily cooler or at least enough
cooler.  I once had a cantakerous 5 Mbyte drive which WOULD NOT work
after warming up (about 20 minutes) when installed even with the cover
off.  When I unmounted and set the drive atop the power supply (which
was just a handy flat place, no special significance otherwise) it
would work fine after a few minutes of cool-off time, even if I kept
power on through the move from down in the chassis to up on top (yes, I 
know, dangerous to heads to move spinning disk - it did work, though).

regards, Larry
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Name: Larry A. Shurr (cbosgd!osu-cis!apr!las or try {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbcp1!las)
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