29 Nov
2007
29 Nov
'07
12:36 p.m.
--- Michael Lee <mikelee at tdh.com> wrote:
I just received an old-ish (1990) Toshiba T1000LE
laptop and it wouldn't
boot, so I took a look at the hard drive and there
seems to be some type
of goo oozing out of it. It's a Conner hard drive,
nothing too abnormal.
I didn't think a hard drive contained anything that
could ooze out. Any
idea what it could be and does that mean the drive
is pretty much
toast? Let the magic goo out?
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I've had that problem with a Conner drive in an Ogivar laptop; it was
the gasket between the housing and cover decomposing the same
way as drive rollers etc. My drive was still working though and, after
removing the goo and wrapping a layer of tape around the perimeter,
still is (at least so far).
m