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I am used to bad translations from Chinese, but this is different: Jan Panteltje 07-16-08
Posted by Jan Panteltje on July 16, 2008, 3:36 pm
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From the eeePC user guide:
Transportation precautions:
<quote>
The solid state disk drive's head retracts when the
power is turned OFF to prevent scratching of the solid state disk
drive surface during transport.
Therefore, you should not transport the eeeP when the power is still ON.
<end quote>

FLASH read head?
LOL.

Posted by Tim Williams on July 16, 2008, 3:58 pm
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Does it use CHS addressing? If so, how does it advance to the next sector
if it's a (literally) "fixed" disk? ;-)

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> From the eeePC user guide:
> Transportation precautions:
> <quote>
> The solid state disk drive's head retracts when the
> power is turned OFF to prevent scratching of the solid state disk
> drive surface during transport.
> Therefore, you should not transport the eeeP when the power is still ON.
> <end quote>
>
> FLASH read head?
> LOL.



Posted by Spehro Pefhany on July 16, 2008, 4:01 pm
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:36:20 GMT, Jan Panteltje

>From the eeePC user guide:
>Transportation precautions:
><quote>
>The solid state disk drive's head retracts when the
>power is turned OFF to prevent scratching of the solid state disk
>drive surface during transport.
>Therefore, you should not transport the eeeP when the power is still ON.
><end quote>
>
>FLASH read head?
>LOL.

LOL. Search and replace "disk drive" -> "solid state disk drive" ? ;-)
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Spehro Pefhany
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Posted by John Popelish on July 16, 2008, 6:08 pm
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Jan Panteltje wrote:
> From the eeePC user guide:
> Transportation precautions:
> <quote>
> The solid state disk drive's head retracts when the
> power is turned OFF to prevent scratching of the solid state disk
> drive surface during transport.
> Therefore, you should not transport the eeeP when the power is still ON.
> <end quote>
>
> FLASH read head?
> LOL.

There are no vacuum tubes in a hard drive, so it is a solid
state device. ;-)

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John Popelish

Posted by Don McKenzie on July 16, 2008, 6:21 pm
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John Popelish wrote:
> Jan Panteltje wrote:
>> From the eeePC user guide:
>> Transportation precautions:
>> <quote>
>> The solid state disk drive's head retracts when the
>> power is turned OFF to prevent scratching of the solid state disk
>> drive surface during transport.
>> Therefore, you should not transport the eeeP when the power is still ON.
>> <end quote>
>>
>> FLASH read head?
>> LOL.
>
> There are no vacuum tubes in a hard drive, so it is a solid state
> device. ;-)

wot!
no pulleys, gears, or water wheels?
must be correct then.
I read it on the web.


Don...




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