Top Document: comp.sys.3b1 FAQ part2 Previous Document: 6.0. Maintenance Next Document: 6.2. How do I open the case and get to the motherboard? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge The Miniscribe and Hitachi disks used in the 40MB and 67MB machines parks the heads automatically (and loudly) when the power is turned off. (That's that *clunk* sound you hear when you hit the power switch.) Also note that many newer drives have auto-parking mechanisms -- check with your specific manufacturers for more information. If your drive doesn't auto-park (many Seagates don't), or you want to make extra sure that the heads are in the parked position, then after the machine is shutdown insert the Diagnostics floppy disk and boot from it. Select "Park Disk Heads" from the Diagnostics menu. Note that the older 7300 machines have 10 or 20MB disks which do not auto-park. If you're buying one used (especially at an auction or a fair), you may want to bring along a diagnostics diskette to make sure the disk is okay. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.sys.3b1 FAQ part2 Previous Document: 6.0. Maintenance Next Document: 6.2. How do I open the case and get to the motherboard? Part1 - Part2 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jbunch@nyx.nyx.net (John B. Bunch)
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