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Good day all.
Finally took the drives out of the old PC. The one that won't calibrate anymore, the spindle makes an awful whine, but it seems to spin OK (last time I checked SMART, there were no spin-up errors.) It was really going to die soon no matter what. So right now it kicks the heads back and forth for 5 minutes before giving up. I swapped the controller board with another of the same model, made the same day. Now the drive kicks 2 or 3 times and settles down, and makes those "I'm reading a sector" noises. Unfortunately, it is not enough, it never really becomes ready so it never appears in Windows (I am forced to use a USB adapter, I might be able to access it on a real IDE PC). I'd maybe have to swap that tiny ROM chip between the boards, but I do not like where it is located, it's going to be a pain using a soldering iron and I'm afraid I'll un-solder half the board if I use a heat gun (never tried that on electronics, and I don't think now is a good time to try.) Since I'm not sure what's wrong, I'm not going to attempt swapping the heads between my 2 drives. If I mess-up, I won't even know, because the problem could be something other than the heads. So I'll be sending it away. Found a place with a fixed price depending on hard drive size. Since this is a really small drive, the price is good. I'll give'em the donor drive too. I will report back. Best Regards, -- ! _\|/_ Sylvain / ! (o o) Memberavid-Suzuki-Fdn/EFF/Red+Cross/SPCA/Planetary-Society oO-( )-Oo Funny, I don't remember being absent minded. |
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B00ze wrote:
So I'll be sending it away. Found a place with a fixed price depending on hard drive size. Since this is a really small drive, the price is good. I'll give'em the donor drive too. I will report back. I don't think you ever mentioned the drive's size. What is it? And how much did the unidentified repair service center they would charge? Be interesting to know what they are charging per MB or GB. Do they have a web site? Also be interesting would be for you to return here to say if they repaired the drive okay or were able to read everything off the old one to put on a new one. |
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In message , B00ze
writes: [] like where it is located, it's going to be a pain using a soldering iron and I'm afraid I'll un-solder half the board if I use a heat gun (never tried that on electronics, and I don't think now is a good time to try.) [] You've found an alternative solution, but just for completeness: I know what you mean about blowing away other components; some of those resistors and capacitors look like large grains of salt! What we tended to do when removing a chip with a heat gun where there are lots of adjacent components was cover them (the nearby components, not the one we're removing) with "Kapton" tape (I don't know if that's a trade name - probably). It's heat-resistant adhesive tape - dark yellow in colour, looks a bit coppery when still on the roll. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If you bate your breath do you catch a lung fish? (Glynn Greenwood 1996-8-23.) |
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B00ze news
May 2018 03:50:50 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:
Good day all. Finally took the drives out of the old PC. The one that won't calibrate anymore, the spindle makes an awful whine, but it seems to spin OK (last time I checked SMART, there were no spin-up errors.) It was really going to die soon no matter what. So right now it kicks the heads back and forth for 5 minutes before giving up. I swapped the controller board with another of the same model, made the same day. Now the drive kicks 2 or 3 times and settles down, and makes those "I'm reading a sector" noises. Unfortunately, it is not enough, it never really becomes ready so it never appears in Windows (I am forced to use a USB adapter, I might be able to access it on a real IDE PC). I'd maybe have to swap that tiny ROM chip between the boards, but I do not like where it is located, it's going to be a pain using a soldering iron and I'm afraid I'll un-solder half the board if I use a heat gun (never tried that on electronics, and I don't think now is a good time to try.) There's no point in swapping components on the boards themselves at this point. Your drive has a mechanical issue and exchanging the ROM isn't going to fix that. Since I'm not sure what's wrong, I'm not going to attempt swapping the heads between my 2 drives. If I mess-up, I won't even know, because the problem could be something other than the heads. So I'll be sending it away. Found a place with a fixed price depending on hard drive size. Since this is a really small drive, the price is good. I'll give'em the donor drive too. I will report back. Please do. If possible and they're willing to tell you, please share what they determine the problem turned out being. Thanks! -- To prevent yourself from being a victim of cyber stalking, it's highly recommended you visit he https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php ================================================== = 'We already *know* who your friends and family are.'-AT&T |
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