Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!percival!leonard From: leonard@percival.pdx.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Problems with Seagate half height drives Message-ID: <779@percival.pdx.com> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 21:26:29 EDT Article-I.D.: percival.779 Posted: Fri Jul 10 21:26:29 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:03:40 EDT References: <3035@zen.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: leonard@percival.pdx.com (Leonard Erickson) Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR. Lines: 15 Keywords: seagate, hard disk Summary: yep, it seems to be the screws! I've run a few informal experiments at work. Since we have around 10-15 PC's that have been upgraded to XT's by adding ST-225s and several XT's that have had the original drives replaced with them, I have all too _much_ experience. My (natural) mistake was to use the mounting screws from the previous drive. This puts pressure on the case of the drive. After a lot of intermittent problems, I now routinely trim the screws down until they are just long enough to use. I no longer see the problems. -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!leonard CIS: [70465,203] ...!tektronix!reed!percival!!bucket!leonard "I used to be a hacker. Now I'm a 'microcomputer specialist'. You know... I'd rather be a hacker."