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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!taco!dawinic
  3. From: dawinic@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID AARON WINICK)
  4. Subject: Re: 1040st floppy stopped-whats wrong?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep11.123353.24103@ncsu.edu>
  6. Originator: dawinic@c00804-247dan.eos.ncsu.edu
  7. Lines: 45
  8. Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
  9. Reply-To: dawinic@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID AARON WINICK)
  10. Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
  11. References:  <1992Sep10.224603.25703@ctr.columbia.edu>
  12. Distribution: usa
  13. Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:33:53 GMT
  14.  
  15.  
  16. In article <1992Sep10.224603.25703@ctr.columbia.edu>, bldaniel@unccsun.uncc.edu writes:
  17. |> Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
  18. |> Path: taco!gatech!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news
  19. |> From: bldaniel@unccsun.uncc.edu
  20. |> Subject: 1040st floppy stopped-whats wrong?
  21. |> Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
  22. |> Summary: help
  23. |> Message-ID: <1992Sep10.224603.25703@ctr.columbia.edu>
  24. |> Distribution: usa
  25. |> Sender: news@ctr.columbia.edu (The Daily Lose)
  26. |> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 18:46:03 GMT+5:00
  27. |> X-Posted-From: unccsun.uncc.edu
  28. |> X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu
  29. |> 
  30. |> I have a vintage 1040st which has been a faithful friend for
  31. |> many years.  A few days ago, when I turned it on I noticed
  32. |> that the floppy sounded strange.  The system was obviously
  33. |> not booting up either.
  34. |>  
  35. |> To my dismay, I discovered that the spindle of the floppy
  36. |> drive was no longer turning.  The head positioning motor
  37. |> was working ok, and the drive light was on, but no spin.
  38. |>  
  39. |> All drive cables are connected firmly and seem ok.
  40. |> Rotating the spindle manually turned it (not stuck)
  41. |> but did not seem to have any helpful effect.
  42. |>  
  43. |> The system boots up fine from the external HD.
  44. |>  
  45. |> Am I looking at a bad drive?  A bad controller?  A bad PS?
  46. |> Or some other bad dream?
  47. |>  
  48. |> Thanks in advance,
  49. |> Brian
  50. |>      
  51. |> ------------------------------------------------------
  52. |> Brian Daniels                  This .sig protected by
  53. |> bldaniel@unccsun.uncc.edu           SIG-ANTIVIRUS!
  54. |> ------------------------------------------------------  
  55. |> 
  56.  
  57. Quite often, when the drives get old, the drive belt wears out
  58. and either falls off or slips.  Did you notice this about the
  59. belt around the "spindle"?
  60. -- 
  61.  
  62. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++@++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  63. + To build a computer that knows          \`---.----/|   dawinic@eos.ncsu.edu +
  64. + more about itself than I won't      `!8^},~~~;====>|   (David "Dez" Winick) +
  65. + require much thinking, I think.  >@======---'-----\|   Yo, save the humans. +
  66. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  67. + #include /as_many/disclaimers/as_necessary/to_keep/me/from_any/more_trouble +
  68. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  69.  
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