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- From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
- Subject: Re: 1701 hard-drive error
- Message-ID: <drice.711696078@ponder>
- Keywords: 1701, hardrive
- Sender: usenet@mercury.unt.edu (UNT USENet Adminstrator)
- Organization: University of North Texas
- References: <36353@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 05:21:18 GMT
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- In <36353@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> ggs@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Gary Sanders) writes:
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- >The 1701 harddrive error just happened to me today in my compaq portable.
- >It was caused by the hard drive power cable making a bad connection.
- >I reseated the plug, but that did not work at first. I had to clean out the
- >connector and scratch it a little. If this is your problem, then you will
- >notice that you dont hear the hard drive spinning up when you turn the
- >computer on. Try claening the connector and checking the voltage ( or using
- >a different connector if available ).
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- I also had a 1701 error on my Compaq Portable. The hard drive motor wouldn't
- spin. I had to nudge the motor's flywheel to get it to run. The drive lasted
- for about 9 more months or so before it finally went south on me.
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- * D. Keith Rice -- University of North Texas -- drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu *
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- * Beta Test: To voluntarily entrust one's data, livelihood and sanity to *
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- * earlier days, virgins were selected to beta test volcanoes. *
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