Hmm. Are you sure this is on the Classic? On Sep 14, 10:46 pm, Mac128DOTcom <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, no. That's like putting black tape over the check engine light on > your car's dashboard. Eventually things will get really bad. The > voltage pots are in the middle of the board, marked PP1 > > On Sep 12, 11:52 am, platnicat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The drive DEFINITELY is D.E.A.D. I put it in an external SCSI > > enclosure with no fans, and it makes no noise whatsoever. I had read > > that stiction article before, and I tried that too. Also, the 5V was > > at around 4.5, and the 12V was at around 10! I couldn't find an > > adjustment, however, so I expanded the vertical and horizontal to fill > > the screen. The jumpy video is much less noticeable and now the screen > > looks gorgeous! > > > On Sep 11, 7:21 am, chrisA <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > platnicat wrote: > > > > However, the HDD isn't being recognized in any disk > > > > format utility I tried. > > > > Does it mount on the desktop? > > > > Maybe you know that non-Apple drives aren't recognised by Apple HD SC > > > Setup, though third-party disk formatters should see it if it's still > > > alive. Ernst J. Oud's web page "Formatting Macintosh SCSI drives" has > > > a host of suggestions and links to formatting software: > > > >http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/scsi.html > > > > One way to tell if the drive is spinning up is to temporarily stick a > > > toothpick through the SE's fan blades to stop them whirring, and then > > > listen for drive noise. No noise probably means no drive.... > > > > If it seems dead, the problem may be "stiction", discussed here: > > > >http://ccadams.org/se/stiction.html > > > > Good luck, > > > Chris Adams. > > > --- > > > The Mac SE Support Pageshttp://ccadams.org/se/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs
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