Re: AE High Density 3.5" Drive: Broken...

[boylek@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Kevin J Boyle II)]

In article <1993Jan27.171006.22385@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> emumford@nyx.cs.du.edu (Eric Mumford) writes:
>Hi.. My AE 3.5" HD drive broke a while ago.  Here are some symptoms for you
>hardware hackers:
>
>When I go to format a new disk, the LED turns ORANGE instead of red, formats
>a couple tracks, and then throws an error code at me.
>
>When I insert a disk, it can neither read nor write to it.
>
>It can catalog ONE 3.5" disk I have, the one that was in the drive at the time
>(I think: My little brother 'broke' it.)
>
>When you put a disk in, it makes clunking sounds.  Sometimes continues the
>sounds even when the drive is not being accessed.
>

It sounds like the drive got dropped, or thumped around, and now there is
something loose inside that is shorting something.  It's hard to tell
without opening up the drive, though.  I would send it back to AE, cause 
these drives can be a major pain in the ass to fix, and you don't want to
hurt it anymore than has already been done.

>I have a lot of stuff archived on HD disks and would like to get it fixed.  
>Do you periphial wizards have any suggestios, or should I just throw up
>the rag and call AE Customer Service and have them fix it?  Thanks!
>
>---							   The Guess Who (1972)
>No time for a summer friend, no time for the love you send.        ____________
>Seasons change and so did I- You need not wonder why,	           Eric Mumford
>You need not wonder why- there's no time left for you.	 emumford@nyx.cs.du.edu

-Kevin

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