kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Kevin K L WONG) (12/25/89)
My friend has a Epson PCe. Due to its compact size, the hard disk is combined with the controller as one unit, ie, the HD is placed vertically. It is a 30M (936 cyl 17 sec 4 head) Miniscribe HD. Recently, it starts giving seek errors. When running PC Tools to give the map, it stucks. When trying to reformat the entire HD, I found that most cylinders can't be write/read. Does anyone has similar problems with this type of HD before? It's the first time I've seen such a HD so is it really that unreliable? |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Kevin WONG | ACSnet : kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ | | Department of Elec Engineering | internet : kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU | | University of Melbourne | uunet : uunet!munnari!mullian!kklw |
emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) (12/29/89)
In article <2953@munnari.oz.au>, kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Kevin K L WONG) writes: > [deleted] the HD is placed vertically. > [more deleted] If you mean with the activity light on the 'top' surface, cables emerging from the underside, then you have violated the drive's specs. It MUST be mounted on its longest edge, either on side, or on its belly (but NOT on its back!). Put another way, the mounting holes provided are for fixig to the FLOOR of the case. I've not yet seen one which permits any other orientation, no doubt they have their reasons... I've posted this rather than e-mailing you as a warning to anyone else who has done this. Drive manufacturers are quite specific about this, some even include drawings in the manual, none that I have read mention why. If you HAVE mounted it wrongly, you can try it in one of the 3 correct orientations. If it works OK, good, but don't expect that will live out it's full life expectancy, and be prepared to replace it soon, possibly after a total failure. In other words, back it up quick! Good luck! Dave E.