16 Oct
2012
16 Oct
'12
6:39 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Chris Tofu wrote:
Fred Jan Kraan <fjkraan at xs4all.nl> wrote:
That might begin to loosen the old grease but won't remove it and might
well damage any electromechanical parts such as motors. Once the IPA
evaporates, the grease will re-solidify anyway since the original oils in
the grease have dried up.
Better still, disassemble the drive and soak the _mechanical_ bits in
mineral spirits (white spirits, paint thinner) and brush the gunk off with
an old toothbrush. Mineral spirits can be reused again and again for this
type of cleaning, just pour off the used solution into an airtight
container such as a glass mason jar and allow the grease and such to
settle to the bottom. Once clean, reassemble with fresh grease.
Chris Tofu wrote:
for arguments sake (and in the event the stuck disk is expendable),
couldn't you remove the drive and soak it w/isopropyl alcohol or
something? To wash away the old grease? you put in a disk, you get a cursor, but that`s
it. Puter won`t give
disk back. Do I have to take it apart?
The SD-321 drives have a lock mechanism that should release the disk
when the button is in the 'out' position. But it doesn't as the old
grease keeps the lock in place. I have observed this with both the QX10
and the TF-20 which both use the 1/3 height SD-321 disk drives. So far
I managed to get my disks back by prying the lock upwards (or was it
downwards?) with my fingers (not very pleasant work). Everytime I plan
to fix the drive by replacing the gunked grease, but so far it didn't
happen.