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From: SASQUATCH@ALBION.BITNET ("Kevin O. Lepard")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Disk drive problem
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Date: 5 Dec 88 18:12:00 GMT
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Recently, while typing OA-S to save a document in appleworks, all four disk
drives came on (background: //GS, 2 3.5" disk drives, 2 5.25" disk drives,
Sider D4a that was off at the time) and didn't go off.

Immediately after this incident, my Sider stopped working (we're talking
totally, totally dead).  I've heard that there is a bug in the ROMs of the
Apple 3.5" disks that can cause the second 5.25" disk drive to come on and
not go off, but is it possible that it can do actual hardware damage?

I haven't had the ROMs in my Apple 3.5" disks (not unidisks 3.5, by the way)
replaced because I so rarely have the problem with s6,d2 coming on like that.

Does anyone have any advice, insights, or ideas on what happened and if it
is related to the death of my Sider?  If it's related, I'd really like to know
so I don't reinstall and kill another Sider.

Many, many thanks to anyone who can help me.

Kevin Lepard
Bitnet:  Sasquatch@albion.bitnet