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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18211 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:25 comp.os.linux.hardware:2013 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5304 comp.os.os2.misc:125387 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!tencats.tiac.net!rmk From: rmk@tiac.net (Rick Kelly) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 10 Feb 1995 06:15:46 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3hf0ai$qfj@sundog.tiac.net> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gs889$18@fido.asd.sgi.com> <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com> <3h3o9u$8oq@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <D3Lxxp.4Do@bonkers.taronga.com> <3h6q2p$fpi@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <D3MqK0.4y8@info.bris.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: tencats.tiac.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David Shepherd (des@pact.srf.ac.uk) wrote: : Anyway, Sun have a history of sticking dodgy disks in SparcStations - e.g : the 100Mb Quatums in the original SS1's which had the endearing habit : of refusing to spin up if powered down - the approved solution, as used : by Sun service engineers was to administer a sharp tap to the side : of the drive to unfreeze it! I'm surprised that Sun didn't go to Quantum for a fix. The fix was a firmware patch that caused the drive to yank harder on the heads at a cold start. -- Rick Kelly rmk@tencats.tiac.net rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@progress.com