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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Dead drive, resurrection!!!Re: Dead drive, resurrection!!!
From: Ronald Teune <rtwolf_at_gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:09:27 +0200 On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:39:26 -0400, Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:33:53 +0200, "Jürgen Hestermann" > <juergen.hestermann_at_gmx.de> wrote: > >>> > The head had not parked, and seemed to be stuck on the platter. >>> After a >>> > little persuasion, the heads landed home, and the platter was free.. >>> Stuck disks may get free if the drive is twisted with rapid >>> acceleration >>> aroud the spindle axis. If this doesn't help, you can try to slap the >>> edge >>> of the drive against something rigid, in a direction you suspect the >>> heads >>> to go outward. >> >> Yes, I once had a PC where the head of the disk stuck on the platter >> after *every* shutdown. On every startup I had to kick the pc which let >> the head go free again. I expected that this rude treatment would damage >> some parts one day. But I did this for years *daily* without any effect. > > Amazing what we have to do sometimes to get the $^&&* computer to work. > I had > a 386 that I used for oh, 10 years that would NOT start up unless the > processor chip was cold. Once on, it did just fine. I left it on most > of the > time. When I had to power cycle I had a can of canned air that I > sprayed the > chip with while holding the can upside down. When the chip was good and > frosty the computer would boot. > > John I had an Amiga 2000 with a so-called bridgeboard (bridge between amiga and a super1337 8088 iirc), and it had a 20 MB (!!!) drive connected. I got it second hand, and it wouldn't spin up anymore. So i took out the screws a bit, leave the top on it so it would open enough for my finger to get inside, and when booting i gave it a little push, and there I'd go... Can't imagine how bad it would be for today's drives :-) Ronald _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-08-03 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |