Dead RF31 DSSI Disk.. A508 SOLVED!

[Sean Caron]

Yeah, whacking a Winchester drive to deal with stiction is an old computer
repair trick... I consider it kind of a last resort but I bet all ... most
... of us have used the technique once or twice to some success :O

Best,

Sean


On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:33 PM, js at cimmeri.com <js at cimmeri.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 5/12/2015 12:30 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
>
>> Fred Cisin wrote:
>>
>>
>>  "Hitting console with hammer:  $1
>>> "Knowing where to hit it:    $999
>>>
>>>  Yes thats right. I've thought about where to slam before slamming to
>> that
>> drive and I've used an rubber hammer.
>>
>> I think this solution (on a still standing disk) is far better than
>> opening
>> it outside of a clean atmosphere..
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Holm
>>
>
>
> Head stiction is a very common problem on older drives.. particularly
> MFM... especially if they've been sitting for a long while.    I do this
> all the time.
>
> - J.
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>