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From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Seagate: address, specs, and parking the heads
Keywords: Seagate, hard drive, info, address, lemon
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Date: 9 May 89 04:06:44 GMT
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Me again.  I own a lemon Seagate 138N (3.5" 30 Meg SCSI hard drive).
I have three questions:

1.	What is Seagate's address?  The department that handles bad drives
	would be fine.

2.	Does everybody else who bought Seagates only get that print-out that
	says "PASSED" on it (and very little else, like NO address).
	How/where can I get some more info including their warranty (IN
	WRITING)?

3.	Has anybody who has the spin-up problem try parking the heads before
	turning it off?  In any event, anybody know how to park the heads?
	Or does it do so on its own after a period of non-activity?

4.	(OK, I lied:  four questions)  Periodically when my hard disk is
	inactive it does a brief "chugachugachugachuga."  Is it the drive or
	the controller (2090A)?   What's'it doin'?

	Reply via e-mail or post as you see fit.  I'll summarize and post
anything I get.  The more info distributed about Seagate drives the better.

Thanks,

	joe piazza

--- "Where's my other sock?"  A. Einstein

CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260

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