klassa@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Klassa) (04/26/91)
Recently, my 314 drive was left on for an extended period of time (exact
duration unknown, but it must have been a while)... I was rudely awakened
one night by the sound of my drive motor (I think) on its last legs.
Since then, when powered up, the drive makes a funny, irregular sort of
grinding noise and refuses to function in any way, shape or form. Note
that my ST wasn't powered up during the time that the drive was on, nor was
there a disk in the drive -- I'd apparently just forgotten to turn it off.
My questions are:
1. What would be the most likely result of leaving such a drive
powered up for an extended period of time (i.e. motor failure?
some other sort of failure?)?
2. Can I do anything to fix the drive (i.e. replace some part or
another), or such I just toss the thing out?
Thanks in advance...
John
P.S. Reply directly to me, if possible, since something like this may not
be of general interest to netters.
John Klassa
klassa@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov