Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!ukma!xanth!xanth.cs.odu.edu!youmans From: youmans@cs.odu.edu (R. Scott Youmans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: 810 Drive problem Summary: It whirrs, the 130 purrs, but I get self-test! Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 13:32:06 GMT Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Lines: 18 I know my 810 drive is 8 years old, but still....! ;) Yesterday started as a normal day, I fired up the ol'e 810. The light came on same as usual; it grinded its gears, whirred and stopped. I powered up the 130XE and it purred...and purred...and loaded up self-test! :O So I checked the cable, turned off the machine, turned it back on and... self-test. Then I replaced the cable with a 6 month old cable. Same thing: self-test. If anyone has a clue of what is wrong, and a CHEAP way to fix it, I'd appreciate suggestions. Else...maybe I could turn it into a lamp.... Scott Youmans.....................................youmans@cs.odu.edu CS Department You can make it foolproof, but you can't Old Dominion University make it damnfoolproof. Naeser's Law ---------------------------------------------------------------------