On Sun, 17 Feb 2013, Scott Quinn wrote:
Pulled it out, reseated the cables, checked the
connections, plugged it
into a big enough power supply, and gave it another go.
Spun up, head load or lock solenoid clicked, waited about 4 seconds (no
sound of seeking), spin down. Sounds like the problem might be somewhere
in the head positioning or voice coil/drive.
Could THAT be the drive thinking that it did not reach full speed?