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Re: Silent HardDrive? / WordUp vs WRITE

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From: Root Of All Evil
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1989 13:38
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In article <2502@sbcs.sunysb.edu> lean@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Lean L. Loh) writes:
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>   I have a Supra 20 Meg which has never failed me, but I'm getting a little
>annoyed by the noise it makes.  Can anyone tell me which hard-drive out
>there is the quietest?  Atari's Megafile, Supra's, ICD's, Astra's, etc. ???

My Supra 30 Meg drive developed a very annoying noise after about a
year of use.  I called Supra customer support, described the problem,
and was told that my problem was probably due to the spindle brush and
that I should place a piece of tape over the brush.  They then
described over the phone how to disassemble enough of the drive to get
at the brush.  I carried out their instructions and the noise
disappeared and the drive is again relatively quiet.  Total time to
carry out this procedure: under 15 minutes.  I suggest that you call
them to see if your problem is similar.

I will add my praise to Supra's customer support---they're super!
Please keep up the good work.

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From: root@yale.UUCP (Root Of All Evil)
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Subject: Re: Silent HardDrive? / WordUp vs WRITE
Keywords: hard-drive Supra Megafile, ICD, Astra
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Date: 6 Apr 89 13:38:51 GMT
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