news@crash.cts.com (Usenet News) (07/14/89)
Network Comment: to #554 by CRONEJP@UREGINA1.BITNET
Oh no!!! My Seagate ST296N just locked up (spindle lock) and I loosened
the spindle myself, and now it doesn't boot half the time and gives r/w errors
when it does, and refuses to low-level format... Before I send it back to
Seagate (it's under waranty), is there anything I can do to fix it? (I never
read anyone's fix for this, i just loostened the spindle myself)
Thanks
-Dan
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_______________________________________________________________________________lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/07/90)
In <3879@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>, cs472119@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs472119) writes: >Hi. Anyone know of any reason why seagate drives aren't supposed to be >mounted upside down, as the seagate manual says, u^? I'd like to install mine >in my trumpcard 500 case, which requires mounting with the circuit board up. >Is this warning only to guard against the weight of the drive being supported >by the top cover? >Thanks, No.. many drives will not work in an upside down position, some giving read/write problems, others catastrophically destroying their own bearings. Whoever designed a case that requires an upside down drive mounting should be shot and pissed on. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
cs472119@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs472119) (09/08/90)
Hi. Anyone know of any reason why seagate drives aren't supposed to be mounted upside down, as the seagate manual says, u^? I'd like to install mine in my trumpcard 500 case, which requires mounting with the circuit board up. Is this warning only to guard against the weight of the drive being supported by the top cover? Thanks, Larry Augsburger
jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (09/08/90)
Well, I've been using an ST157N-1 in my Trumpcard 500 for the past year
w/ no problems.
Jasonlphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/09/90)
In <33688@cup.portal.com>, Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes: >Not all drives require that silly stipulation of being mounted 'right side >up'. For instance Maxtors can be mounted any which way you want, and this is >so stated in the documentation. While that is true about not all drives needing to be mounted right side up, it pays to not run a drive inverted if there is any doubt at all. Documented permission from the drive manufacturer is great, if you get the docs. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com (09/09/90)
Not all drives require that silly stipulation of being mounted 'right side up'. For instance Maxtors can be mounted any which way you want, and this is so stated in the documentation. - Doug - Doug_B_Erdely@Cup.Portal.Com