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- From: kirtus@athena.mit.edu (Kirk R Hill)
- Subject: Re: Marching Boxes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.192954.26504@athena.mit.edu>
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- References: <1992Jul24.232047.11406@ceilidh.beartrack.com> <Bs2347.B0K@wrs.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:29:54 GMT
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- In article <Bs2347.B0K@wrs.com>, gak@wrs.com (Richard Stueven) writes:
- |> Well, we fixed it. I'm not sure how, but we fixed it.
- |>
- |> hard drive into the floppy's power connector...it spun up! We switched
- |> it back to its own connector...it still worked! We put everything back
- |> together before it changed its mind, and it's still working 24 hours
- |> later. There wasn't even any filesystem damage to speak of.
- |>
- |> I'm not sure why switching to the floppy power connector would make any
- |> difference...maybe it was just a coincidence, and it would have started
- |> working anyway.
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- It sounds like there was just some corrosion on the connectors and in that case
- just removing and replacing the connectors a few times generally clears up the
- problem.
-
- Just a guess though don't hold me to MY word!
-
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- Kirk R. Hill
- "Slightly insane but always HAPPY!"
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