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- From: Robert-ccn@sacbbx.sac.ca.us (Robert-ccn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SyQuest makes drive lights blink- why?
- Message-ID: <Robert-ccn.044g@sacbbx.sac.ca.us>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 00:23:35 GMT
- References: <C0Kpo1.LHG@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Organization: The CrossRoads BBX - Sacramento, California
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- In <C0Kpo1.LHG@athena.cs.uga.edu>, keck@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Keck) writes:
- > 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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- This is normal with removable media. The system is polling the drive
- to see if the cartridge has been popped out so it can take appropiate
- action. My Syquest and CDROM drives both have flickering lights.
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