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- From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SyQuest makes drive lights blink- why?
- Message-ID: <73263@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 12:28:26 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <C0Kpo1.LHG@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- >My new SyQuest 44 meg drive I've posted about has a side effect- its
- >activity light flashes once every 2.7 sec or so, and makes the light on
- >the internal drive its unwilling slave. Doesn't seem to be doing any
- >writing; no noises coming out. I have a floppy drive 'noclick' prog
- >installed, if anyone thinks that would matter. What gives?
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- I've heard this is normal behavior for the SyQuest. Older Maxtor
- drives do the same thing (for a completely different reason...).
- Its nothing to worry about, apparently.
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- TomK@cup.portal.com
- Tom Krotchko
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