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Subject: Re: Noisy drives
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Date: 14 May 89 13:50:23 GMT
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On Mon, 24 Apr 89 00:09:18 PST, Dustin Baughman wrote:
>I have a VERY noisy internal drive in my 1040st which is about 2
>1/2 years old now.  Is there any way to quiet it?  Will putting a
>light oil on the "bars" that the head slides on help?  Is this bad
>for the drive?  The drive also seems to be "sluggish".  Any
>suggestions?

Hmmm, don't know about oiling the drives, but I definitely have the same
problem as you.  My 1040 is now about 2yrs old, and makes a *real* racket when
it uses its floppy.  I got so concerned, I got the thing checked out by an
Atari registered engineer locally, but she claimed it was fairly normal.  Come
on, can a 'normal' drive sound like its trying to grind your disks?  Maybe there
is a batch of machines out there, has anyone had the same problems?  Should
Atari replace our drives?

Stick on those ear mufflers and compute!

     Chris

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