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Article #68827Re: Revival of a dead HDD - Help
From: Max D. Wilkinson
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <830301092snz@myth.demon.co.uk>, Mike <zeus@myth.demon.co.uk>
writes
>Could it be the infamous 'stiction'? The grease on the internal drive
>bearings thins and causes the motor to stall. Give it a careful tap on the
>bearing if you can. You could always try another power lead too.
NO. Never tap a HD, unless you like the head bouncing on the platter. To
cure stiction spin/rotate, wrist action as if turning a screw top
quickly, to turn disk inside case.
Dose the disk spin up with only the power lead connected, IDE (i assume)
controllers can hold a disk idle.
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