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In article <1992Aug30.012625.10641@ultb.isc.rit.edu> adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams) writes:
>From: adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams)
>Subject: Dead Seagate 296N
>Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 01:26:25 GMT
>
> Last week my Seagate 296N decided that it wanted to keel over and die.
>I've had the drive for close to 5 years, and used it nearly every day
>then.
>
> The drive wouldn't spin up, until I turned the platter. I figured the
>lubrication gummed up the heads and was preventing it from spinning. 
>(I spun the platter via the ratchet disk on the bottom of the drive,
>not by opening it up.)
>
> However, when the hard drive spins up, it blinks the drive light
>eight times. My computer reports that it can't find the drive on the
>SCSI port, so I can't re-format it or otherwise salvage it via software
>tools.
>
> I know that hard drives have a limited lifetime, but it's a bummer
>that it only lasted 5 years wheras my other 3 MFM drives (on various
>computers) lasted 8 years and are still going strong.
>
> Is there any hope for this drive, or is it only good for an art
>project?
>
> If I have to buy another SCSI drive, is Seagate a good brand, or should
>I consider a different brand?
>                                                         Thanks,
>                                                             Derrick 
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I have a similar problem with a Seagate ST125N drive - I can't access/
low-level format or anything the drive - The drive light just flashes a lot. 
The problem is that this drive is BRAND NEW (never used although out of the 
guarantee period). I opened up the drive and checked it - the platters spinn 
correctly but the heads just goes up and down the platters - as if looking 
for something but not finding anything.

Could anybody shed some light on the problem ?

Thanks David.