Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!mejac!gryphon!jdow From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard Disk Choice Message-ID: <9315@gryphon.COM> Date: 6 Dec 88 07:40:26 GMT References: <49120@pyramid.pyramid.com> <12712@steinmetz.ge.com> Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow) Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca. Lines: 35 In article <12712@steinmetz.ge.com> perley@trub.steinmetz.ge.com (Donald P Perley) writes: >In article <49120@pyramid.pyramid.com> eric@pyrps5 (Eric Bergan) writes: >> >> As some of you may recall, at various times I have posted about >>having occasional problems with my Seagate ST-251 locking up with >>the access light on. > >>Anyone know if the drive itself >>can be repaired, and where I would go to have that done? > >I have seen ads in Computer Shopper for places that fix hard drives >for a fixed price (depending on the size of the drive). I seem to recall >that 40 meg drives were somewhere between $100 and $200. I don't recall >the companies names (some help, eh?). At least you know where to look. > One place to check is Workman and Associates in Pasadena. Alex has been repairing Seagates for some time now. His remark is the most common failure is the head position stepper motor's drive IC. That is the little puppy on there that looks like a standard small DIL except the center pair of pins has a web between them for heat sink. The BEST way touse a Seagate drive is with a lot of UNIFORM airflow over it to keep it both cool and at an even temperature all over. Then they will last forever (compared to what usually happens anyway.) -- Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit. Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one. {@_@} jdow@bix (where else?) Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM the knight. Does the fair maiden ever {backbone}!gryphon!jdow win? Surely both the knight and dragon stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide? Better yet - she should get an Amiga and quit playing with dragons and knights.