3 Feb
2023
3 Feb
'23
5:12 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 4:57 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yep, with 15 yeads it had a servo platter that is
gone. Oh well, it's
securely erased :-) I'll toss the drive, keep the electronics interface
and keep it in mind for the future.
If you have the tools, it's worth carefully dismantling the dead HDA
taking photos as you go and keeping parts like the heads and
flexiprint. Other bits like the positioner magnet and spinde motor
mght be worth keeping too.
Some months ago I was working on a Toshiba hard drive in a Stride 440
and I wish I'd had some idea of what was on the flexiprint between the
logic board connector and the heads. Of course without a clean room I
didn't dare open the HDA, but had a defective or dismantled one been
available I'd have paid reasonable money for it.
-tony