Alan- As a last resort- you can try something that I've heard sometimes works- especially with drives that don't get much use: giving it a quick twist in your hand to get the platter unstuck (if that's the case). Sounds like you're at the point where you'll try anything... Good luck
-Ford On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 05:18 PM, Alan Kim wrote: > > An update.... > > EZQuest tech support gave me their blessing to go ahead and open the > case > without voiding the warranty. > Well, my worst fear came to life - residing inside is a.....IBM Deskstar > drive, a 60-GXP model in particular. > Same thing that I got under warranty from IBM when my 45 gb 75-GXP > crapped > out. > Reseating the power and IDE plugs didn't produce any results, > unfortunately. > > So, this is the second IBM drive to die on me - with a bunch of files > on it > to boot. > > Mulling over my options. > EZQuest is offering to issue me an RMA but I want to save the files. > > Alan -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
