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From: mrm@sceard.UUCP (M.R.Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: HELP with 7300 hard disk PLEASE
Message-ID: <847@sceard.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 16:42:57 GMT
References: <1311@plx.UUCP> <10743@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: mrm@sceard.UUCP (0040-M.R.Murphy)
Organization: Sceard Systems, Inc., San Marcos, CA  92069
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In article <10743@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>Walt Novinger is having problems with his Seagate ST251 ...
We had the same problems with ST251-0 drives. Twisting the stepper motor shaft
from the underside of the drive with a finger-tip works ok,
and the twisting doesn't have to be more than a few degrees.
I worry about moving the heads from the parked position, but it's better
than going to a backup:-)
>Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]