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From: mac@mcc.com (Mac Michaels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 - problems update
Keywords: Hard disk, tech support
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Date: 20 Mar 89 23:09:56 GMT
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I too own a Gateway 2000 system.  I have a 386 in a "tower" case.  My
hard disk failed after about 4 hours of use.  It recovered after being
turned off overnight.  The problem is that the top of the "tower" case
does not get any airflow.  All the heat rises to the top of the case
and cooks the disk drive.  Check the temperature of your disk drive
after it has been running for a while.  If it is too hot to leave you
hand on it is not being cooled enough.  I solved my problem by cutting
another hole in the back of the "tower" case near the top and
installing another fan.  It works great now.  Gateway told me that no
one else had that problem.  I find that hard to believe.
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