8 Oct
2016
8 Oct
'16
11:30 a.m.
And stuck Maxtor coaxial spindle motors (RK54) are no joy either.
On 10/8/16 11:27 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 10/8/16 11:07 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I went ahead and replaced it. The drive spins up
now, but sadly the drive
doesn't actually work, after spinning up and making a few clunking noises,
it spins down again. I suspect it is trying, and failing, to find track 0.
EXTREMELY common problem with Micropolis 13xx series drives. If you're lucky
the head is just stuck to the parking bumper. Unlucky if you ever want to put
the drive back in use without a clean room.