Charlie: Don't beat on it. Dont drop it on the ground and dont hook it to a car battery. Do that one wrong and you fry the drive and you could get some good burns out of it.
Try this. Hold the H.D. between your palms. Wrap your fingers around it to secure it. Give it four quarter turn rotation as hard as you can. Rotate the H.D. 1/4 in you hands and repeat this 3 more times. Now turn it over in your hands and repeat the operation. If it's just a stuck bearing, sometimes the inertia will free it up. You can usually feel movement inside when it frees up. If it works, it may work for 10 minutes, 10 days or indefinately. If you have something on the drive you want to keep, back it up. Don't get real confident. If it froze up once, it'll probably freeze up again. If this doesn.t work and it's set up right, you can probably drop it in the trash. My humble thoughts only Good luck Jim Lunceford -------------------------- Charlie Reyes wrote: > How does one resuscitate an ST1510N that won't spin after repeated startups? > It hasn't been used in the last 7-8 months. > > I've tried tapping the motor with the wooden handle of a screwdriver - > still no go. Someone suggested I jump start it with a fully charged 12-volt > car battery. Any other ideas? > > Charlie -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
