sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) (05/13/91)
I have a CMI 6426-S 20 Meg Full Height Hard Drive that was used in the original IBM AT -- as I understand it. This drive performs FLAWLESSLY for 30 minutes and then a click is heard from the drive (perhaps head-parking ?) and the drive is unuseable: nothing. Turn it off, let it rest for a while, and then try again and it works perfectly. Sounds like some kind of thermal problem on the circuit board to me. I have heard rumors that these CMI drives were abandonned by IBM for such problems. My QUESTION IS: Does someone have any definitive information about these problems? Do you have a theory as to what my "thermal" problem might be? Is there a chip culprit on the board? You folks are such Wizards, surely Someone knows precisely my problem...:-) Thanks. _____________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA alum \\ INTERNET: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER: K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 \\ VOICE: (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 USA \\ FAX: (407) 729-3363 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|