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: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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! _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
