15 Mar
2004
15 Mar
'04
12:59 a.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
Or banging on the sensor dislodged the dust that it had collected. The card
you were using to test with may have scraped the lens clean.
>>>>"Jules" == Jules Richardson
<julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
Jules> ...I'm totally confused by that - the sensor showed no signs of
Jules> dirt. It hadn't worked in place in the drive, and nor did it
Jules> work in isolation on the bench at first. Yet it showed signs
Jules> of *some* life when originally in place within the drive, so
Jules> there obviously wasn't a cable break.
One guess would be a dirty connector. Unplugging and replugging can
rub off oxide that may have accumulated over the years.