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Re: Jaz drive problem

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From: Barry Twycross
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <3440ECE7.DE307A19@bigfoot.com>, flowerpots@bigfoot.com wrote:

>I used my 1 gig jaz drive to back up my friends Mac,  then I replugged it into
>my Mac, now it won't spin the cartridges up; the indicator below the opening
>just flashes slowly and I have to push the eject button to get them out.
>
>Otherwise it appears normal, I just can't use it.  The driver recognizes it on
>the SCSI chain.  I have tried different cartridges.

Its probably dead. That happened to my jaz drive 3 days after I got it, the
cart didn't seem to be spinning up. I had to get mine swapped under
warrantee.

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From: Barry@netbox.com (Barry Twycross)
Subject: Re: Jaz drive problem
Date: 1997/10/12
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