My standard ploy when I encounter this problem is to pick up the (Mac
II) box and rapidly jerk the box, rotating it partially in the same
geometric plane as the drive and thus unsticking the drive platters and
heads.
However, there is also the possibility that the lubricant in the drive
y 2017, 1:04
Subject: Re: "Sticky" 80Mb Quantum Drives
Could well be, I can only relate things that have worked for me. There is a
full height drive (IBM) in my Quadra 950 that’s been in the freezer more times
than I care to think about over the last decade and it hasn’t groaned it’
Some drives have a rubber or soft plastic bump stop for the head actuator. If
stored for a long period of time with the heads parked, the part of the
actuator that touches the stop can get stuck to it - or the material the stop
is made of can deteriorate and get sticky.
Freezing the drive may
Could well be, I can only relate things that have worked for me. There is a
full height drive (IBM) in my Quadra 950 that’s been in the freezer more times
than I care to think about over the last decade and it hasn’t groaned it’s last
yet. My more classic macs have a mixture of drives, but
om: Wesley Furr <wes...@megley.com>
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2017, 22:18
Subject: "Sticky" 80Mb Quantum Drives
Well...Murphy has struck. Someone gave me a Mac Classic II a year or so
ago, and it worked great. But, I pulled it apart, knowin
<wes...@megley.com>
To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2017, 22:18
Subject: "Sticky" 80Mb Quantum Drives
Well...Murphy has struck. Someone gave me a Mac Classic II a year or so ago,
and it worked great. But, I pulled it apart, knowing it would
There are several voodoo fixes that might help. Since the drive is somewhat
inaccessible try turning the whole computer upside down for maybe a half hour
and then try booting in that position. Another fix is to remove and freeze the
drive, overnight in a cold freezer, then try installing it
Well...Murphy has struck. Someone gave me a Mac Classic II a year or so
ago, and it worked great. But, I pulled it apart, knowing it would need
capacitors replaced. I removed the old ones and cleaned it up, then set it
aside. Finally got around to installing new caps recently, and today I put
