opening dropped drive

[anglomont]

it clacks and is not seen in bios do you think I could/should replace
the heads from a 50% smaller capacity drive?

 

[Peter]

it clacks and is not seen in bios do you think I could/should replace

the heads from a 50% smaller capacity drive?

Make sure you use hard disk from the manufacturer, whose name starts with
the same letter of alphabet.

 

[Odie Ferrous]

Make sure you use hard disk from the manufacturer, whose name starts with
the same letter of alphabet.

Hey, Peter - don't be so tough on the guy!

To the original poster - just make sure the drive is roughly (give or
take a few centimetres or so) the same size.

This will widen the scope a little and give you a little more air to
breathe.


OD

 

[Rod Speed]

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it clacks and is not seen in bios do you think I could/should
replace the heads from a 50% smaller capacity drive?

The heads are unlikely to be the problem.

 

[Odie Ferrous]

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The heads are unlikely to be the problem.

True - it's more likely the firmware.

Replace the heads? Sure - I'll just get my daughter to do that
quickly. Easy. That'll sort the firmware problem as well...

Can't wait for the update.


Odie

 

[Arno Wagner]

it clacks and is not seen in bios do you think I could/should replace
the heads from a 50% smaller capacity drive?

Forget about it without a clean room, the right tools, calm hands
and a lot of experience.

Arno

 

[Impmon]

Make sure you use hard disk from the manufacturer, whose name starts with
the same letter of alphabet.

So it's OK to use Maxtor drive part to fix my Micropolis drive? =)

Seriously if the drive won't show up in the BIOS, try swapping the
drive board from another identical drive and if that still doesn't
work, your dropped drive is hosed. Toss it and get a new one.
Opening the drive won't help because it's rather complicated
internally.

 

[Peter]

Make sure you use hard disk from the manufacturer, whose name starts with

So it's OK to use Maxtor drive part to fix my Micropolis drive? =)

It should be, it worked well when I fixed Miniscribe board with Maxtor chip.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hey, Peter - don't be so tough on the guy!

To the original poster - just make sure the drive is roughly (give or
take a few centimetres or so) the same size.

This will widen the scope a little and give you a little more air to
breathe.

I think not touching the original heads, but blowing them out
of the drive with compressed air should avoid damage to the
surfaces...

Arno

 

[J. Clarke]

it clacks and is not seen in bios do you think I could/should replace
the heads from a 50% smaller capacity drive?

On the very odd chance that this is a serious request, if it's the same
family of drive then no, because you won't have enough heads. If it's an
earlier family of drive then no because the size of the read/write element
will be larger.

Even if you have an identical drive and all the appropriate tooling, without
someone who has done it before looking over your shoulder and coaching you
the odds of your making this work on the first try are vanishingly small.

If you need your data back, send it out, if you want to learn something
about disks and don't mind losing the data then give it a shot.

 

[anglomont]

Quantum lct drives data sugests same no of heads
this gives work details
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1035/
but how about some personal experiences?