At 12:51 AM 5/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, 17 May 1999, James Willing wrote:
>
>> >> work where it would fail before. The clicking sound it makes is
>> >> pretty loud and annoying and I'm sure a LLF won't help that. Does
>>
>> It's quite possible that the problem may be little more than bit-rot due to
>> the degredation of the magnetic domains on the drive platters. (or it
>> really could be busted, but let's think good thots here) Also, power
>> failures during writes could honk up the drive real easily...
>
>Naw, he says its clicking. I think its internal mechanical failure.
...or dust in the track 0 optical sensor... (externally mounted, easy to
get to)
-jim
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