ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (01/17/91)
Does anyone have a PLUS hardcard that fails? The one we put one our Compaq portable just did. I thought it might be the banging that a portable takes, but apperantly the controller on the card went bad. A couple of the custom chips are dead cold when in operation as opposed to the rest being warm. We would have thrown the thing away except that we are still interested in some files we have on the card. Has anybody gone thru the process (of repairing a hardcard) before? How much do they want? Thanks in advance. E. Teng Ong (ong@d.cs.okstate.edu)
honeywel@wayback.unm.edu (Honeywell Field Service) (01/18/91)
In article <1991Jan16.201413.15873@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: >Does anyone have a PLUS hardcard that fails? The one we put one >our Compaq portable just did. I thought it might be the >banging that a portable takes, but apperantly the controller We've lost about 10 of the PLUS 40MB hardcards and I've been unable to find any 4th party depot repair outfits that could fix them. PLUS wants so much to repair their hardcards that it is usually cheaper to purchase a new hard drive and controller. It is our present policy to throw PLUS hardcards in the trash whenever encountered. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- HONEYWELL Third Party Services -- Albuquerque, New Mexico Mike Thomas (800) 525-7439 (505) 888-5820 -------------------------------------------------------------------
achilles@unixland.uucp (David Holland) (01/18/91)
ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: > Does anyone have a PLUS hardcard that fails? The one we put one > our Compaq portable just did. I thought it might be the > banging that a portable takes, but apperantly the controller > on the card went bad. A couple of the custom chips are dead cold > when in operation as opposed to the rest being warm. We would > have thrown the thing away except that we are still interested > in some files we have on the card. Has anybody gone thru the > process (of repairing a hardcard) before? How much do they > want? That happened to us about a year ago. One night I discovered a bunch of read errors; they got markedly worse when I ran some disk-test utilities. It turned out to be thermal in nature: the more you ran the disk, the worse it got. We managed to copy off everything we needed since the last backup, and we replaced the card with a new one. (We decided that repair was not economical.) ------------ David A. Holland Internet: pro-angmar!achilles@alphalpha.com UUCP: uunet!alphalpha!pro-angmar!achilles #include <pic/stupid.h> Note - if alphalpha bounces, try "alfalfa" instead. #include <disclaimer.h> As a LAST RESORT use Fidonet 1:322/337.