On 6/23/2009 12:52 PM, Dana Collins wrote: > > > On 6/22/09 9:45 AM, Matt Emson of [email protected] sent > > >> Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com wrote: >> >>> Looking for feedback from anyone who has succesfully dealt with this >>> issue so I don't go out and buy the wrong thing. >>> >>> >> I have a similar drive in my working Wallstreet 2. The previous owner >> did the fix, but as I've disassembled it completely (to fix charging >> circuit and battery/Drive eject mechanisms) I saw exactly what he did. >> Basically, he took a large sheet of aluminium foil, Ironed it (I >> remember ready why you need to do this but forget of the top of my >> head), and attached it to the top of the drive. This seems to work. I >> quote his email to me : >> >>> by the way the foil wrapped around was a work around I discovered >>> after upgrading mine to 20gb and the computer constantly going to >>> sleep, apparently the magnetic field put out by the bigger drive sets >>> of the switch like when you close the lid, so the procedure I found >>> online was to iron a sheet of al-foil to de-ironise it then wrap the >>> hard drive, maybe it's a load of tosh but seemed to work >>> >> So it looks like the magnetic control in the drive was making the laptop >> sleep, not the other way round. This makes sense, having seen the big >> honking magnets in most drives these days. >> >> >> Hope that helps, >> >> M >> > > I am curious to know if the same issue exists for the Lombard (G3/400MHz > unit). I am in hopes of upgrading its OEM 6 Gig HD to a new slim line > (9.5mm) Samsung Spinpoint 20 Gig HD. Will I need to shield the HD? > Thanks, > Dana > > > > > > No, you won't need to do this. I've upgraded plenty of them and not have to do this.
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