Actually, the freezer could play a bit of good. Unlike a battery, we aren't talking charge capacity as much as different materials contraction in the cold, then re-expansion when removed. If the spindle has worn itself a wider hole to sit in, nothing will work, but track misalignment is something else.
Jim Snyder > -----Original Message----- > From: Power Computing List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Robert H. Baucom > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 9:08 PM > To: Power Computing List > Subject: Re: friend in coma > > > Who thinks these things up? :<) > > Put the HD atop an empty Blue Bell ice cream Carton (Tutti-Frutti), > put a dead chicken in your pants and walk around quoting Ogden Nash > rhymes for 15 minutes. > RHB > > > On Friday, May 6, 2005, at 03:17 PM, Keith Crispin wrote: > > > Also, putting them in the freezer has been known to "wake > 'em up" too! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "michael S. Macdonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Power Computing List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:10 PM > > Subject: Re: friend in coma > > > > > >> Unlike people, old HD's can some be snapped out of a > comatose state > >> by taking them out of the computer, holding them > horizontally, giving > >> them a coupla good sharp twists, and then reconnecting them. > >> > >> Older drives can develope 'sticktion', wherein the tiny > motor in the > >> drive cannot spin the platter, and the twisting motion > loosens up the > >> axle. > >> > >> If this gets the drive working (makes the '?' disappear), then the > >> powercenter can be hooked up to the iMac with an ethernet cable > >> (crossover version) and data transferred from drive to drive > >> directly. > >> > >> After giving this advice to a friend, he later told me how well it > >> worked after he had taken the HD out, opened it up, and spun the > >> platter with his finger...=)...true story! > >> > >> Cheers...Michael > > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > --> 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]> > List archive: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
