mkg@lzsc.ATT.COM (Marsh Gosnell) (10/23/89)
I have read all the horror stories about the problems with Quantum drives. Is this limited to a particular batch of drives and corrected (finally) in machines being manufactured now? People don't seem happy with the Quantum ROM fix from the standpoint of both noise and performance. Is this what I have to look forward to if I buy a machine with a hard disk in it from Apple? Marsh Gosnell mkg@lzsc.att.com
espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen) (10/25/89)
In article <1179@lzsc.ATT.COM>, mkg@lzsc.ATT.COM (Marsh Gosnell) writes: > I have read all the horror stories about the problems with Quantum drives. > Is this limited to a particular batch of drives and corrected (finally) > in machines being manufactured now? People don't seem happy with the > Quantum ROM fix from the standpoint of both noise and performance. > > Is this what I have to look forward to if I buy a machine with a hard > disk in it from Apple? > Marsh Gosnell mkg@lzsc.att.com The Quantum 80 meg drive in my IIcx started failing 2 weeks ago, so I brought it in to an Apple dealer and had the new Quantum ROM put in. My QUantum drive now makes noises that sound like the head is being painfully excercised back and forth about half the time. The performance as far as access time is severely degraded when this is going on. I now have a Apple IIcx with a hard drive that is slow and noisy. SOME FIX!!! Peter Espen espen@well