TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET ("Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore") (07/31/90)
Well, I tried a head cleaning..didn't help. I have more specific data for you though.... I noticed when doing some disk coppies that about blook $600 the sound got much louder...after finighting my copy, I went into the sector editor..it coppied correctly, but whenever I switched TRACKS on the disk, the sound would become more or less loud..If I went closer to track 4F, it would get louder (From track to track, not sector to sector) and the reverse away from 4F. Someting like that tells me that my drives need realignment.... But I'm not a hardware expert by any means (or a software for that matter). But I would highly appricate all input on the matter.. BTW, I though the 3.5 drives alligned themselves, or is that just for speed? Please reply to me or info-apple.....(or it's redistributation) I'm sure the info could help others... TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET TSEMM@Acad3.fai.alaska.edu P.S. Ron Dippold..I got your message you sent, but you never replied to my messages...(Did they go to the Big Internet bucket in the sky?)
rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) (08/01/90)
In-Reply-To: message from TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET > the sound would become more or less loud..If I went closer to track 4F, > it would get louder (From track to track, not sector to sector) and the > reverse away from 4F. Someting like that tells me that my drives need > realignment.... But I'm not a hardware expert by any means (or a software > for that matter). But I would highly appricate all input on the matter.. > BTW, I though the 3.5 drives alligned themselves, or is that just > for speed? I've seen a 3 1/2" drive head that eventually "came loose" and hung there on the cable, not doing good things to any disk that was brought near it. It could be that your head "track" is tilted or something, so that the head is rubbing on the surface of the disk more than it should, and more as you get toward the end that is "down". The 3.5" drives have speed control built in, but head alignment is done by dealers, at juicy prices. > P.S. Ron Dippold..I got your message you sent, but you never replied > to my messages...(Did they go to the Big Internet bucket in the sky?) Most things I try to send to you get rejected. I assumed that the ones that I didn't get a message back from made it through... UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rond ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rond@nosc.mil INET: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com