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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: Disk drive sticktion(?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.205207.431@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <Bx98t5.HuB@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 20:52:07 GMT
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- In article <Bx98t5.HuB@hfglobe.intel.com> george@hfglobe.intel.com (George Rachor) writes:
- >We receintly lost a disk drive in a Mac ][ ci to a problem known as drive
- >sticktion. This system was run continously for almost two years until a
- >power failure allowed the drive to cool for several hours. At that point the
- >drive simply failed to resume spinning. Our local dealer has managed to get
- >the drive spinning again and saved our data. We are going to replace the
- >drive as we simply cannot trust it now.
- >
- >I understand this is a common problem with 3.5 inch hard drives. Does anyone
- >know how the problem can be avoided? The system is used in an application
- >that gathers data 24 hours per day. Are some drives more prone to this problem?
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- The problem as I recall is caused by the spindle lubricant somehow caking.
- The fix was a ROM change which exercised the drive every once
- in a while. Most modern drives will show activity for no reason at
- some interval for this reason.
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- >George L. Rachor Jr.
- >Prefered mail address:
- >george@endeavor.intel.com
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- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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