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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: another HD40 bites the dust
Summary: Here they are
Keywords: hard disk 40 warranty
Message-ID: <533@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 18 Aug 89 22:06:53 GMT
References: <9984@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <9984@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bgwilkes@cognito.Princeton.EDU (Ben Wilkes) writes:

>Well, you guessed it: after booting perfectly the first every time, including 
>the first two today, my SE/30 hard drive refused to spin up tonight.  The drive
>light flickers once, you can hear the rpms start to climb, but it fails and
>the "please insert disk" icon comes up.  Boots fine from floppy but wont recog-
>nize the HD40.  I may just BARELY still be under warranty, but in the interest
>of saving my files, what have other people done (bang on case, tilt machine,
>etc.) which has gotten their moribundhard drive to respond?  Drastic action
>may be called for here.  Also, has Apple extended the warranty on these drives?

The serial numbers are, I believe 335507 to 1023016.  Check with your dealer. Also,
apple has extended the warranty on drives with these numbers into mid-1990.

--Mike

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