9 Nov
2007
9 Nov
'07
1:38 a.m.
On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Jules Richardson wrote:
I've got a Magnetic Peripherals 94211-91 SCSI
drive here where the magnets
for the head stack seem to have been coated - at least around the edges -
with some form of paint. The paint's now begun to flake off, jamming up the
head assembly and preventing the drive from seeking properly (sometimes it
wouldn't spin up at all, other times it'd spin up, flop the heads around as
much as it could, and then power down again)
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).
Christian