I'm now located a few thousand kilometres from home and my
VAXen.  I don't have any files with me here and rarely have net access.
Anyways, that connector is the three pin connector that has a two wire
printed circuit cable which goes into the internals of the drive.  Keeep
it disconnected during spinup and connect it a few seconds after operating
RPM is reached.  

BTW.  If somebody has a copy of a previous, more detailed message that I
wrote on the subject, feel free to send it to whoever wants it or to the
list.

BTW2.  I think I'll have to unsubscribe now because too much stuff from
the list piles up.  If you want to reach me, e-mail me.  I'll be back in
mid August.

|  Boris Gjenero <bgjenero@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>              |
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On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, David Evans wrote:

> Allison J Parent wrote:
> > 
> > Anyone happen to know the fix for RD53s that spin down after a few 
> > minutes?  I have three I bgelive have good media and this problem.
> > 
> 
>   As an addendum to the brake problem Boris Gjenero described to me his
> solution--deactivate the head-positioning servo until the disk has spun up.
> I don't recall the details of where the connector is as I haven't done this
> surgury on my RD53s but I'm sure he'll chip in here soon enough.
> 
> -- 
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