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From: ler@hpfclp.HP.COM (Larry Rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Dead ST251
Message-ID: <6640009@hpfclp.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 88 16:59:22 GMT
Organization: HP SDE, Fort Collins, CO
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My Seagate ST251 just died after approximately 800 power-on hours, two months
out of warranty.  (I'm sooo glad ST251s have a 20,000 hour MTBF.)  It works
just great from a cold start, but only for five minute.  Anyway, I'm
soliciting advice on repair vs. replace.  The February issue of Computer
Shopper has the following ads for repair services:

	JB Technologies Inc.			p114
	21011 Itasca St. #F
	Chatsworth, CA 91311
	(818) 341-2935

	Disk Drive Repair Inc.			p260
	8220 Nimbus
	Beaverton, OR 97005
	(503) 626-7104

	Independent Technical Service		p274
	21610 Lassen St,  Ste 6
	Chatsworth, CA 91311
	(818) 882-7747

	Peripheral Repair Corp.			p375
	9233 Eton Ave.
	Chatsworth, CA 91311
	(818) 700-8482

	Compco					p402
	8016 Remmet Ave.
	Canoga Park, CA 91304
	(818) 703-6036

	Ontrac Data				p402
	23352-H Madero
	Mission Viejo, CA 92691
	(714) 859-6723

	Brockway Disk Technologies Inc.		p402
	1144 Industry Dr.
	Seattle, WA 98188
	(800) 322-8234

Any comments on good or bad experiences?  JB Technologies is already getting
bad press in the "Hi Tech Asset Recovery, A Warning" notestring.

Larry Rupp  (LER@HPFCLA.HP.COM)