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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard disks for 2090A
Message-ID: <8810290521.AA20351@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 29 Oct 88 05:21:08 GMT
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:    only thing you have to watch out for is that you don't use too
:    long mounting screws, which can deform the case of the
:    drive. . . .
:This is especially important for the screws you drive into the side of the
:drive.  In its product manuals, Seagate shows a minimum clearance of only
:1/8" from the side to the case.  For two ST-225N's I checked, it was more
:like 3/16". 

	Because .... if you use longer screws, you smash them into the
trace-embedded plastic going from the controller board to the drive, and,
Ladies and gentlemen, you break *that* and your drive goes <poof>... and
you can't fix it yourself.

					-Matt