Onyx C8000: good news and bad news as well

[Ed Kelleher]

At 07:47 AM 9/15/2004, you wrote:
>The IMI 7020 hard drive is dead and cannot be fixed:
>The damn coil of the motor causes a short circuit   :(

I'm sure you checked, but possibly could it be motor braking electronics or 
the good old reversed diode across the windings that have shorted, and not 
the motor coil itself?

The thing would probably run with those disconnected.

Ed K.