I put a 30GB in my Wallstreet and have not seen this issue. Del
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM, nestamicky<[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > -- Respectfully, Del Lobo Secretary Two Lane Road Riders R/A http://two-lane-rra.tripod.com/ COC US Defenders TMRA Area F VP "People shouldn't fear their government; the government should fear its people" - V --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
