v564huce@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Allen Hsu) (03/07/91)
J.M. Cherry writes:
<I've got two Macintosh IIcx systems with 40MB hard drives that on occasion
<do not spin up on a cold start. Continually turning off and then turning
<on the power has no effect. Both systems have 40MB drives, one is a Sony
<drive the other I'm not sure - I haven't looked. This problem occurs every
<couple of weeks on these two systems, I've got ten other IIcx systems that
<do not have this problem. The odd thing is that I can always start the
<disk spinning by rapping on the side of the Macintosh or by opening the
<Mac and tapping the drive. Is this a known problem with some of the Apple
<rovided hard drives? Our dealer didn't know of any problems with IIcx
<40MB drives. Both systems are still under warrenty so I guess I'll wait
<until it happens again and call in the dealer to replace the drives. Any
<thoughts?
Well, it sounds like you have a sticky drive problem. A few of y'all
will recall Apple's little problem with sticky Quantum's not too long ago. It
sounds like something inside the mechanics are going. I' say take in an force
the dealer to replace all the bad mechanisms. If they refuse, say you'll take
your business elsewhere, forever.
Allen Hsu
SUNY At Buffalo