Re: Focus HD high-level formats?

[Rich Hare <rhare@mich.com>]

A wild guess might be power.
You may want a more powerful power supply.

Edhel Iaur, Esq. wrote:
> 
> Is the Focus Hard Card allergic to being formatted (the regular way,
> as in with GS/OS, Copy ][+ 8.4, etc.?  I just got one (61 MB, Conner
> mech., 30.5 MB partitions), and I've had to low-level format the
> stupid thing both times I've tried to do a regular format.  It acts
> like a regular format ruins it.  The low-level formatter even fails
> most of the time.  The error Du Jour (or should I say De L'Heure?) is
> Error #$0, Track 181, Head 3.
> 
> My Focus is in slot 7, which crams it against my GS RAM+ (2MB
> installed)--would heat or something be an issue here?  I remember
> reading something about temperature affecting old hard drives in
> _Upgrading & Repairing PCs_.
> 
> The 2 cards are literally leaning against each other.  Should I
> rearrange all my cards so I can put my Focus in some slot where it
> wouldn't be touched?  Should I try to arrange things so the HD's right
> under the fan?  Should I put a bigger fan mech in my System Saver
> IIGS?
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