Hi Pascal.

14-Apr-04 16:02:26, Pascal Schmidt wrote to Wayne Chirnside


 PS> Hi Wayne! :-)

 WC>> The Quantum drive that failed I'd bet money the original owner
 WC>> moved while running or banged the box to _get it going_ when it
 WC>> hung up.
 PS> I wrecked a 4G Quantum drive once by accidentally turning on the
 PS> machine while I had the case tilted about 45 degrees to plug in
 PS> some hardware on the back. Gave a screeching sound and after that
 PS> it refused to start up again. Very unpleasant surprise, that, but
 PS> at least I learned something - don't tilt your computer while
 PS> still connected to mains, you might accidentally hit the power
 PS> button

strange. Most drives will work fine on their sides. maybe there was already
something about to fail or maybe 90 degrees is fine but 45 deadly.


 -=> Bye <=-

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