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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: Sticky hard disk, Mac won't boot
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.134442.8158@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:44:42 GMT
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- ehanson@umbc3.umbc.edu (Mr. Erik Hanson) writes:
- : In article <1993Jan8.080038.28192@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> denk@Mathematik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Georg Denk) writes:
- : >I have an annoying problem with a Mac IIcx (4MB, system 6.0.7):
- : >From time to time the Mac does not boot, as it does not find the
- : >internal hard disk (80 MB, original Apple = Connor HD), the screen
- : >shows a disk with a question mark on it. Inserting a system disk
- : >helps the Mac to boot, but there is no hard disk mounted.
- : >Shuting down the Mac and rebooting solves (sometimes 8-( ) the problem.
- : >
- : >In my opinion, the hard disk won't start spinning up, which could
- : >cause the problem. But: How to solve this?
- :
- : I had the same problem with my SE/30. It would happen a few times a
- : month, and all it required was a small jolt to the side of the computer.
- : However, this didn't seem very safe to me, so I was quite releived when
- : Apple announced it would fix all sticky SE/30 (and probably IIcx) hard
- : drives for free.
- :
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- Unfortuately, the drive Apple is replacing is only the SONY SRD 2040.
-
- Greg.
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