9 Dec
2006
9 Dec
'06
8:39 a.m.
On Dec 8, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Marvin Johnston wrote:
I've read several replies indicating that the
drive needs to be
taken apart.
People have also advocated just "hitting" the drive to break the
stiction.
Holding the drive and giving it a quick twist around the spindle
axis has always
worked for me and avoids potential problems with disassembly or
damage.
Has anyone seen stiction on the IDE or later drives? The only
stiction I've seen
has always been on the 5 1/4" MFM/RLL type drives, and probably
ESDI/SCSI/SASI
as well although my experience is limited on those drives.
Something else I've noticed is that if a drive has stiction, that
stiction will
return after the drive sets for a while again. Anyone know what
actually causes
stiction?
The story I heard "back in the day" (which was at work, from a
service bulletin of some sort, so I treat it with some credibility)
is that designers chose the spindle lubricant unwisely in some models
of drives, and it spun out onto the platters a bit and gummed up.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL