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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Cheap fix for ST4051 hard disk problem
Keywords: hard disk repair
Message-ID: <748@omen.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 89 07:19:08 GMT
References: <8059@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon
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In article <8059@boulder.Colorado.EDU> lilley@boulder.Colorado.EDU (John Lilley) writes:
I have a 4051 that won't start up unless it is 1) warm or 2) is jiggled
about its rotational axiz to help it get going.  Once it's spinning
all is well, but a few hours of power-down and it won't start.  Is
this the tesult of a weak motor controller chip or bad lubrication?

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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