> > > > > 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. > > > >
You're lucky: stiction is rarely caused by motor bearing lube problems. Much more commonly, the head actually glues itself to the disk surface (they coat the platters with a very thin material to reduce wear when the heads land on them at power down). That kind of stiction has no practical solution besides whacking of varying degrees of violence. The 3.5" 40MB and 80MB Quantum drives failed from this problem very frequently, and so did the Sony drives (which is why Sony got out of the HD business soon after). I've done lots of post-mortems on these, and the platter surface feels tacky, unlike modern drives that don't have this problem. In one case, the head was glued on so tightly that spinning the platter manually was amazingly hard to do (and it mangled the head). --Tom -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 ph, -3383 fax -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
