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- From: paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Found out what 8 Flashes mean...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.114528.15813@walter.cray.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 16:45:28 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.112218.19699@walter.cray.com> <sTZLoB2w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>
- Sender: paws@spam (Daniel Baehr)
- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- Lines: 38
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- In article <sTZLoB2w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>, troy@bluemoon.rn.com (Troy Fridley) writes:
- > paws@spam.cray.com (Daniel Baehr) writes:
- >
- > >
- > > 8 flashes on a ST296N means that the drive couldn't load the ram code
- > > from the media, eg. the platter. Looks like I've got a *REAL BAD* bad
- > > spot on the drive. Or the electronics could be messed up also. We'll
- > > have to see.
- > >
- > > Daniel Baehr
- >
- > Hmmm... I wondered what that ment! I just sent my Segate in here a couple
- > of months ago, they sent it back to me saying that There was nothing wrong
- > with it, within 20 hours of putting the drive back on the system, it
- > crashed! Ya some service department, it only took them 6 weeks to turn
- > around the drive and tell me it wasn't broken when it was!
- >
- > Troy
- >
- > Does one actually need a brain to think? Obviously Not!
- >
- > UUCP: Troy@Bluemoon.uucp
- >
-
- Huh? WHERE is "in here'? Tell me so I can avoid them.
-
- I have looked through the Computer Shopper and have found about 6 places
- that fix drives. I am going to buy a new one but I'm also going to get the
- ST296N fixed. Maybe around turkey time. What the hay...$150 is worth it.
-
-
- Daniel Baehr
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