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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ST157N problems
Message-ID: <10324@gryphon.COM>
Date: 5 Jan 89 08:34:13 GMT
References: <8901022054.AA08155@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <8901022054.AA08155@jade.berkeley.edu> PHILIP@VTVM1.BITNET (Fred Senese) writes:
>After a few months of fairly trouble-free operation I am having
>
>  I've tried reseating the Starboard II and the cables.  It doesn't help (altho
>ugh moving the 50->25 pin cable from the drive to the DB25 connector in the
>Wetex case seems to help temporarily (the drive will run for hours before I get
>another read-write error).  So possibly 2) is a faulty connection inside
>the cable? Does anyone know where I can get a replacement for this cable?
>Should I have the drive replaced? (It's still under warranty-I think).
>
>Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Gentle application of contact cleaner on the pins on the drive might help.
Other than that all I can suggest is getting a new drive cable. This may be a
real bummer to track down, too. It could even be a poorly soldered connection
on the drive itself... Good luck!

-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.