[Eug-lug] Damaged hard drive

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Hrm... does the non-working drive make normal clicky noise when you 
hook it up? 
Im just guessing, but I think your heads may be bonded to the platters 
:D Ive seen this on my old 135MB seagate. It was pretty comical. After 
seagate replaced my drive, they didtn ask for this one back, so I took 
the cover off, and plugged it in. You could see the spindle try to turn 
and the the heads were bonded to the surface so i would kind of bounce a 
little. I used some dental tweezers to pry the heads, which was like 
braking a spot weld... it was pretty funny.

Jamie

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:38:27PM -0700, abrown at peak.org wrote:
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:38:27 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Damaged hard drive
> From: abrown at peak.org
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug at euglug.org>
> Cc: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug at euglug.org>
> 
> Alas, the operation was not successful.  In fact the good
> electronics board flatlines when connected to my mech.
> It doesn't even show up in the BIOS.  But when I put that
> electronics board back on the original mech, it does show
> up in the BIOS.
> 
> This makes me think my theory was wrong.  It is not an
> ESD zap.  I now think there is a short in the aux electronics
> in the mech assembly.  That short drags down the main
> electronics board, possibly thru the power supply.
> 
> Unfortunately, that is a lot more difficult to repair.  It
> would be sealed in with the platters.  I wonder how long a drive
> would function if I opened it outside of a cleanroom.  :-)
> --
> Allen
> 
> >> Alan wrote:
> >>> abrown at peak.org wrote:
> >>>> Oops!  My bad.  It's not an IBM.  Its a WD2500 Cavaliar.
> >>>> WD2500JB-00EVA0 dated 16 Dec 2003.
> >>>> Anybody have one of those I can trade?
> >>>> --
> >>>
> >>> I might actually. Let me check tonight and get back to you.
> >>>
> >>> -ajb
> >>
> >>
> >> I actually have two of them:
> >> sprocket:~# cat /proc/ide/hdb/model
> >> WDC WD2500JB-00EVA0
> >> sprocket:~# cat /proc/ide/hdc/model
> >> WDC WD2500JB-00EVA0
> >> sprocket:~#
> >>
> >> However, they are both in use right now.
> >> If you'd really like to try them, I can probably make one available to
> >> you. Have to do some re-jiggering though.
> >>
> >> -ajb
> >
> > Thank you.  I got one from Quentin yesterday.  This one's mech is
> > dead, making it a very appropriate victim.  I'm doing the brain
> > transplant now, so I should very soon know if the operation was
> > successful.  Bwah, ha, ha!
> > --
> > Allen
> > Igor, raise the platform!
> 
> 
> 
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