4 Dec
2009
4 Dec
'09
10:29 p.m.
Steve Gibson (Spinrite, Shields Up, etc.) has a really good discussion of the ZIP drive
and how and when it fails.
This link takes you to his software for the problem (I think it's one of his freebies,
but I haven't used my ZIP drives in 5+ years). But below that is his discussion of the
anatomy of the drives and the reasons for the Click (which is what those drives ought to
be renamed).
http://www.grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm
Vern Wright
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Subject: RE: Iomega Click Of Death (was Different take on 10 Yr. 'RULE')
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:30 AM
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Tom Gardner
wrote:
problem and not a
JAZ
> On 29 Nov 2009 at 14:27, Fred Cisin wrote:
>
>> How about their "Jaz" drives?
>> their "click" drives?? In which the
"click of death"
was administered
>
DURING manufacturing.
I thought the "click of death" phenomena was a ZIP problem.? I also never found a good statement of
what was the underlying
problem(s) that led to the "click of
death"
phenomena!? Does anyone really
know what was going on (inner crash stop crash,
head
retract/relaunch;
solenoid lock/unlock, both, other) and why (loss
of
servo control probably,
but why loose it and not regain it).? Comments?
Pure intellectual curiosity only :-)
I had a professor who described Iomega devices as being
named for the
noises they make when they die.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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