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Article #22676Re: disk drive troubles
From: Edmond Walsh
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00
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In article <cilihs4mjvmajmpgm7fu9m1m9q25q7kluu@4ax.com>, Ian Richardson <ian@huddersfield.com> writes >On Tue, 9 May 2000 21:07:04 +0100, Edmond Walsh ><Edmond@walsh.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>>Does it spin up? Does it make a clunking noise during boot up? I have >>>had a couple of these DOA recently. >>Good point, I think it does not spin up. it seems to make a couple of >>feeble clicks at start up and then nothing. Looks like another DOA. > >Have you tried popping it in the freezer for 5 minutes and then trying >it? > >You probably think I'm two sandwiches short of a picnic but I've >recently 'repaired' a couple of clients drives this way (the latest >only on Monday and which had what sounded like the 'click of death'). >Both drives are still running (against my advice but...) > > > > >Ian... > Good idea, I'll remember that, though as this drive is new I'd prefer a more permanent fix. -- Edmond Walsh
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