Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:49980 comp.sys.mac.hardware:2062 comp.sys.mac.programmer:12935 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!henry!hairston From: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Everyone with an FDHD drive Message-ID: Date: 6 Mar 90 22:24:31 GMT Organization: Spynet Info Xchange 9, ICU812 Lines: 25 [perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu (William Perez) writes:] [P]3 months ago, I purchased an SE/30 with an FDHD drive (reads High Density [P]disks-those with the HD letters near the shutter). Since then, I've [P]heard MANY complaints about the drive. Most common is having disks [P]fail and never format again. [magik@chinet.chi.il.us (Ben Liberman) writes:] [L]I bought an SE/30 in Jan. of 1989 and started having problems with the FDHD [L]and Sony disks. After having 2 HD and 4 DD disks fail, I went out and [L]bought a head cleaning disk at my local EggHead computer store. I now [L]clean my drive every few months and haven't had a single DD failure since. [L](your milage may vary ;-) i have a mac ii and the original 800k drives starting getting weird about a year ago. in sep. '89 i upgraded to 1.4M drives and at that time i was told that my 800k drives were covered with dust. i was also given a friendly warning that the 1.4M drives would be more sensitive to dust. so i put shutters on the drive slots and dust screens on the air intake slots to prevent dust buildup. 6 months later and over 100 1.4M floppies used, read a/o formatted since, i've had _no_ problems (3M disks mainly). by the way, the computer stays on all the time so the fan is constantly sucking in air. perhaps preventative maintainence is in order for mac ii owners. -dave- hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu