Yeah this is called "stiction". Kind of half static, half friction. Almost every 40MB Apple branded drive ever came across eventually suffered this fate. Yes, you can coax it to work again by turning on its side, shaking it, tapping on it or whatever. Just remember that you may not get it started again if you stop it.
-- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly reasonable and prudent on 7/9/03 17:37, Alex at [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: > A mac expert explained to me that as drives get "old", the internal > lubrication thickens up and the motor that runs the drive is not > stong enough to start up the drive from a dead stop, yet the motor is > still strong enough to spin the drive if it were already spinning. > > My Mac IIsi appeared to not spin the other day, so I put my Mac IIsi > on it's side, (while it was off, of course), and let it sit that way > for an hour. Later in the day, I tried the Mac IIsi, and it turned > on for me. > > I have no idea if that made a difference or not. Perhaps the internal oil > "moved" while the Mac IIsi was on it's side (while it was off, of > course), and made it easier for the disk to "start up"? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
