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Re: Disk drive sticktion(?)
- Subject: Re: Disk drive sticktion(?)
- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:52:07 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <Bx98t5.HuB@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Xref: sparky comp.sys.apple2:23466 comp.sys.mac.misc:18861 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:14424
In article <Bx98t5.HuB@hfglobe.intel.com> george@hfglobe.intel.com (George Rachor) writes:
>We receintly lost a disk drive in a Mac ][ ci to a problem known as drive
>sticktion. This system was run continously for almost two years until a
>power failure allowed the drive to cool for several hours. At that point the
>drive simply failed to resume spinning. Our local dealer has managed to get
>the drive spinning again and saved our data. We are going to replace the
>drive as we simply cannot trust it now.
>
>I understand this is a common problem with 3.5 inch hard drives. Does anyone
>know how the problem can be avoided? The system is used in an application
>that gathers data 24 hours per day. Are some drives more prone to this problem?
The problem as I recall is caused by the spindle lubricant somehow caking.
The fix was a ROM change which exercised the drive every once
in a while. Most modern drives will show activity for no reason at
some interval for this reason.
>George L. Rachor Jr.
>Prefered mail address:
>george@endeavor.intel.com
Rich
payner@netcom.com