I do think that you better go and get a new hard disk: chances are that yours is near the end of its life. Watch for another disk, and be sure to have a backup of all important data on your current drive... If I were you I would replace the hard disk before trying to sell teh SE/30.
Greetings, Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> Joey Morin ha escrito: > hi gary, > > i'm new to the list. > > i've got a new-to-me se/30. when i got it (from the side of the road!), > it would not boot from the hard drive. the drive itself usually would not > even spin up. i coaxed it into spinning up by shaking the se/30 in a > twisting motion on the desk surface during startup. placing the se/30 on > a sheet of paper will prevent the little rubber feet from doing their job > of sticking to the desk. > > voila! my se/30 booted into system 7.5. people throw out the darnedest > things... > > however, it still would experience 'sticktion' half the time at boot up. > i solved that problem by oiling the spindle. not recommended, i know, but > these old drives have exposed mechanical parts that allow this kind of > remedy without much risk of contaminating the inner platter chamber. > > first remove the hard drive from your se/30. then remove the electronics > board. my drive is an 80MB quantum number 94-something... 6 screws did > the trick. gently pull off the three ribbon cable headers (which connect > the board to the innards). you can now lift out the board. beneath you > will likely see a large round brass coloured plate covering the motor > spindle. remove the 4 tiny screws that hold it in place. beneath it you > will see a large flat flywheel. near the centre you should see a couple > of holes that give you just enough access to the outer spindle bearing. > this is where you put the oil. carefully! i used duralube. it's a great > penetrating oil. i applied just a couple of drops through the holes, > using the little plastic tube that came with the can of duralube. DO NOT > use wd-40. contrary to popular opinion, it is not a lubricant, but rather > a cleaning solvent. using this on your drive will likely ruin the > bearing. spin the flywheel by hand for several minutes. put it all back > together and see what you get. i recommend letting the drive run for 10 > minutes or more to let the oil work its way in. you may need to do this > again, but if it still doesn't work after a couple of tries, chances are > you'll have to live with the sticktion. more oil will contaminte the > platters and trash the drive. > > another problem my drive encountered was this: even though it would spin > up, often it would not be recognised. i could hear the drive trying to > seek, but it would fail. this i fixed by putting the drive in the freezer > for 10 minutes, then plugging it back into the se/30 and powering up while > still cold. this may also seem unusual, but it works. be careful, if the > air is too humid, the cold drive will drip with condensation and risk > damage or electrical shock. > > seem crazy? well, i'm writing this email using my oiled and frozen se/30. > good luck. > > by the way, what does a working se/30 go for these days? > > jj -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
