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From: kyriazis@rpics (George Kyriazis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Another STRANGE hard disk problem
Keywords: Miniscribe, motor problems
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Date: 26 Sep 88 01:10:58 GMT
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Reply-To: kyriazis@turing.cs.rpi.edu (George Kyriazis)
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	I have a Miniscribe 3438 Hard Disk with a WD1002-27X controller
and a strange problem.  I turned on my PC one nice morning and discovered
that the motor wasn't spinning!  I was surprised, 'cause it was working
fine over one year and I never had any problems.  I managed to do my work
without a hard disk, since mostly I use the PC as a terminal.  After a 
few off-on cycles I heard my motor spinning again!  You can't imagine
how happy I was.  Well, the motor was increasing speed, till the speed
was above normal, the whole desk was vibrating and I thought my whole
PC will take off !!  I turned the PC off and on again and the disk was
dead again.  Till then the motor seems to be "working" (it always overspins,
at random intervals though.  Sometimes, it is sitting dead and starts 
spinning like crazy, so I have to save my work quickly and turn off the
power!).
	Does anybody know anything about this problem?  I'd be very
thankful if somebody could help.  Thanks.



  George Kyriazis
  kyriazis@turing.cs.rpi.edu
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