8 Dec
2006
8 Dec
'06
10:43 a.m.
I've read several replies indicating that the drive needs to be taken apart.
People have also advocated just "hitting" the drive to break the stiction.
Holding the drive and giving it a quick twist around the spindle axis has always
worked for me and avoids potential problems with disassembly or damage.
Has anyone seen stiction on the IDE or later drives? The only stiction I've seen
has always been on the 5 1/4" MFM/RLL type drives, and probably ESDI/SCSI/SASI
as well although my experience is limited on those drives.
Something else I've noticed is that if a drive has stiction, that stiction will
return after the drive sets for a while again. Anyone know what actually causes
stiction?