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From: rps@homxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Busted Harddisk
Message-ID: <627@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 14:20:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: homxc.627
Posted: Wed Jul  8 14:20:48 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 11:20:12 EDT
References: <613@homxc.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 35
Keywords: Seagate Harddisk
Xref: utgpu comp.sys.att:597 comp.sys.ibm.pc:4780
Summary: HD now fixed

In article <613@homxc.UUCP>, rps@homxc.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) writes:
> 
> HELP!! HELP!!
> 
> Well, it finally happened, 4 days out of warrenty, my Seagate ST-225 gives
> up the ghost.  It didn't crash, it just failed to start spinning.  It is 
> getting power from the computer and the controller is working, the motor
> just doesn't turn.  
...
> I believe that the reason the motor doesn't turn is because the
> electronics on the bottom of the 225 have fried, not because the motor
> or platters are bad.  My idea is to swap the circuit board on the bottom
> of the drive with the one on the bottom of another 225 I have.
...
> 
> Russ Sharples
> homxc!rps
> 

GOOD NEWS!  The act of removing the circuit board and reinstalling it
fixed the harddisk!  It must have been a loose or dirty connector on the
PCB, a loose wire on the connector block, or the motor was stuck in some
strange postion where it could not get started (doubtful).  Of course, I am
now worried about the thing dying again while writing out data or something,
I'll have to see.  I will back it up daily for a while.


Russ Sharples
homxc!rps

NOTE:

The above in NO WAY reflects the opinions of AT&T.
These opinions are my own and the results of un-scientific and 
highly irregular analysis methods.