Quantum HD80 problems

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From: Marc T. Kaufman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1989 00:37

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Well, it finally happens.  My 5-1/4" HD80 Quantum drive in my Mac II is
starting to go.  First, it would not reliably spin up.  Now it has developed
a habit of randomly retracting the heads - requiring a power-down and power-up
sequence to restore.  The drive still is spinning, but when I took the cover
off of the Mac, the drive case was VERY hot (it's still hot, running with the
cover off).  It's over a year old, so I guess I'll have to replace it on my
own.

There has GOT to be a better way to do this.  Has anyone tried a 3-1/2" drive
with an attached fan?  How about an external drive array with redundancy?
I need some industrial strength storage to protect me from my toy computer.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)

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From: kaufman@neon.stanford.edu (Marc T. Kaufman)
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Subject: Quantum HD80 problems
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Date: 15 Sep 89 00:37:47 GMT
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