On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
If your drive
spins up and then stops shortly, it is likely that it
either does not come fully up to speed or it is unable to unlock (or
unstick) the heads from the park position. (I'd bet on the heads.)
Something I forgot to mention in my last posting. Early versions (?) of
the V150 have a head lock solenoid. Does the V170? If so, is it being
activated to release the heads?
-tony
The summary specs for the V170 and V150 differ only in 7 vs 5 heads and
60 vs 43 MB capacity, so all else being the same would be a good bet.
- don