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From: jac@penguin.UUCP (James Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: ELM: Want to remove mail file when done: How?
Summary: And yet another 3B1 horror story..
Keywords: elm mail
Message-ID: <537@penguin.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 04:02:26 GMT
References: <390@flatline.UUCP> <4821@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> <275@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>
Organization: Penguin Software Service / Tulsa, Ok
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In article <275@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>, ralph@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Ralph Allas Jr) writes:
> on a soft cushion and noticed I could see and access the flywheel of the
> platter motor.  Knowing I had to spend money anyway, I reached in with a
> small screwdriver to turn the flywheel.  Yikes, the darn thing wouldn't
> turn!!!  So, I then decided to see if I could make it turn with a little
> effort.  It did turn, but with some drag, so I kept turning it slowly till
> it started to turn freely.  When it came back around, some drag developed
> again, but it slowly reduced as I kept turning the flywheel.

Shortly after purchasing my 3B1, I called the tech support folks where I
bought it and complained "this fan motor doesn't sound too healthy". I was
re-assured that there had "never been one go bad that we know of", and
not to worry. Well, the thing stays on 24 hours 7 days 52 weeks, but it
wasn't too long after this that I came home one day to the aroma of
melting plastic! The fan had gone south for the day, and the unit had
gotten hot enough to warp the louvers in the top of the base unit. The
system had shut down but not too gently! I picked up a new fan from the
shop, installed it (probably voiding the warranty since I hadn't been to
the factory approved school) and we have been running solidly since.

The moral of the story(s), isn't it wonderful that even in today's rapidly
advancing technological world, you can still make some things work by
listening, poking, and finding your screw driver :-)

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James A. (JC) Carter
Penguin Business Systems, Inc.