[rescue] Re: Drive Reliability (was SCSI drive for sale at buy.com)

[Kevin]

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We used to call that "sticktion".  Supposedly came from over
oiling the spindle.  Always sounded like BS too me but i have
known of several drives with that problem, although the cause
was not verified.

/KRM

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:15:03 -0500 (CDT)
Steven Hill <sjh at waroffice.net> wrote:

> > Sounds like the Quantum 105s from the early pizzabox
> > Sun3/80 and SPARCstations. Donno about the turning of the
> > motor, but those had stuff that sounds like the same
> > issue.
> 
> Yeah they would run for ages, until you switched them off,
> the grease would set, and a rubber mallet, or a well placed
> thump would unstick it when power was re-applied.
> 
> Gah.
> 
> -- 
> Steven Hill
> 
> ``Neca eos omnes.  Deus suos agnoscet.''
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