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Article #6217Re: Apple to Fix Quantum Drive Failures
From: Marc T. Kaufman
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 05:56
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1989 05:56
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In article <5327@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@rainbo.enet.dec.com (Richard Long) writes: ->Problem: Increased lubricant viscosity in the hard disk drive arm (HDA) ->assy. Apple's sites high humidity. ->Solution: An extended repair program that will continue to October 1991. ->The fix will replace a ROM on the HDA controller PWA. Users that have >umm...err...maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see how the problem >cited above could be solved by a software fix; sounds like a hardware >problem to me... This fix is per the old adage: "If it doesn't work -- don't force it. Find out WHY it doesn't work. Then force it." Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!shelby!polya!Neon.Stanford.EDU!kaufman From: kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple to Fix Quantum Drive Failures Message-ID: <12390@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 12 Oct 89 05:56:00 GMT References: <5327@shlump.nac.dec.com> Sender: USENET News System <news@Polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 16