30 Nov
2007
30 Nov
'07
7:11 a.m.
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:36:23 -0500
From: M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net>
--- Michael Lee <mikelee at tdh.com> wrote:
> 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.
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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).
I have had the same experience. I collect Conner 60 MB and 80 MB drives
(CP2064, CP2084, CP2088)for my old Outbound Model 125 Laptops (ca. 1990).
A few of them have goo issues and on those drives the gasket between the
metal case halves is missing.
Talk about a dust/impurities hazard. I was thinking about putting a
silicon seal around there. For some reason I never though of the simple
solution of tape. <bangs self in head with hand> I think I've spent too
long with aquariums. Every problem can be solved wtih silicon sealant.
Jeff Walther