9 Nov
2007
9 Nov
'07
2:10 a.m.
Christian Corti wrote:
Exactly the same with my drive. Cleaning the top magnet wasn't so bad as I
could take it to the sink to do it and really work at it, but I couldn't do
much for the lower one - and obviously removing the whole head assembly is a
bad idea ;)
I don't think it's a failure mode I've ever seen mentioned on the list before.
I wonder it's it's one that's going to become more and more common as the
drives age, though? :-(
Anyone seen
this particular mode of failure before? It's a new one on
me...
Oh yes... I have an HP 97536-60051 ESDI hard disk with the same
symptoms. The magnets are painted black and this paint flaked off (into
lots of tiny bits and also into dust). But the paint seems to be
magnetic as the flakes and (most of) the dust stick on the magnets and
are hard to remove (even with a brush and vacuum cleaner).