Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:22:25 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <199610140722.AAA17568@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 13 Oct 96 22:56:14 -0700. <m0vCg0c-0003wGC@main.statsci.com>
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>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.
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