31 May
2000
31 May
'00
5:04 a.m.
Check www.grc.com for
Trouble in paradise
He states that there is no single cause for the click of death because
various kinds of damage will lead to the click. The drive will
start to click on a seek track zero which it cannot find.
This can be caused by things like damaged cartridges and harsh handling or
plain wear.
He also has a utility to assess if your drive is going down
the road to death
Sipke de Wal
----- Original Message -----
From: Gareth Knight <gaz_k(a)lineone.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Documenting how old computers were used
Zane H. Healy
If anyone wants to know what I'm talking
about research the 'Click of
Death'.
Anyone read the latest on the click of death? After a year (or two) of
admitting there is a fault, Iomega telephone support are blaming the
problem on non-standard hardware (anything that is not WinDOS or Mac). It is
this type of ignorance that really irritates me...
BTW, the link is on ANN, http:///www.ann.lu.
--
Gareth Knight
Amiga Interactive Guide
http://amiga.emugaming.com