Posted by NunYa Bidness on 11/15/06 11:33

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:32:46 -0500, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> Gave
us:

>
>Both cases were caused by the design where the lubricants were distributed
>by the rotation of the drive. Newer drives solve these issues, so you
>don't hear about the problem as much lately, but it was a severe problem
>with older drives (particularly the 5-1/4" models).

That is just plain silly. I still have an original 10MB Tandon, a
15MB seagate, a 21MB seagate, RLL seagate drives, ESDI drives, etc.
etc., and they all still work just fine. That after several years of
storage in environs from hot storage bins in SoCal to cold bins in
Denver. There is nothing wrong with any of them.

The big problem with those old drives was usually the grounding tab
that presses against the exposed spindle nub. The spring-like
pressure the tab had would get weak, or the spindle nub would make a
rub or impression on it, rendering the drive "dead". It was very easy
to fix by re-locating the tab or reshaping it to bring back the spring
pressure. The drives would revive afterward, and I did it to several
as I admin'd a network or two back in those days.

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