From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 14 00:22:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA06032 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA06021 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id AAA10333; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA17568; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610140722.AAA17568@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Scott Blachowicz cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 13 Oct 96 22:56:14 -0700. Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:25 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Well, my Quantum Empire 1400S finally decided to stop spinning up...I've >noticed that it seems to take several hits of the reset button before it would >spin up and after turning it off yesterday, it just won't spin up. Now, when I >turn it on, I hear three little rumbles while it tries to spin. Any idea if >there is a reasonable remedy? Should I just smack it around a bit? Other >suggestions? (no, I don't have that much experience trouble shooting hardware >problems...:-)). Maybe I should give Quantum a call first... The Quantum folks were pretty accomodating when I had a drive go bad. I thought it had a two year warranty (at least the place I bought it from *claimed* it did). When, in fact, it was sold as an OEM drive that only came with a year warranty. It was several months over a year, but they replaced it for free, anyway. On the other hand, it was clearly stamped as a refurbished unit, and definitely being a different drive, I didn't get my data back. (In my case, there was really nothing to get back except scrambled bits, anyway; but your case may be different.) But that replacement unit is still running today, almost a year later. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------