fons@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Fons) (07/13/90)
I have a 90 MB 51/2 inch CDC Wren that all the sudden just died with the
drive spindle not moving and the access light constantly on. This happened
after moving the drive a short distance and connecting it to a Mac SE. The
drive spindle moves freely (one can access it from a fee through near
the logic board). The proper power is also being applied to the drive (I
checked 5 and 12v are fine). Any ideas?
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Paul Fons
fons@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (internet) Coordinated Science Laboratory
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1101 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana IL 61801ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) (07/17/90)
In article <1990Jul13.085626.26402@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> fons@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Paul Fons) writes: > > I have a 90 MB 51/2 inch CDC Wren that all the sudden just died with the >drive spindle not moving and the access light constantly on. We lost a 91 MB CDC (RLL) last year too :-( While I don't have any specific suggestion to fix it, I can tell you what we did. We sent it to JB Technologies (805) 529-0908 in Moorpark, CA. They specialize in hard disk repair/replacement/recovery. I can't remember what it cost, but their current ad in COMPUTER SHOPPER says the flat rate for 86-120 MB drives is $247.50. This was substantially less than the company we bought it from (Everex). We were very satisfied and it has been working happily for the past year. BTW, their flat rate for 20-29 MB drives is $112.50. ||| Boyd Ostroff - Tech Director - Dept of Theatre - SUNY Oswego ||| Sys Admin - "The CallBoard" - (315) 947-6414 - 1200/2400 baud ||| ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu - cboard!ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu