Hi Doug,
I would advise against the freezer method. While this will harden the rubber
bump stop, as it returns to room temperature, the stickiness returns. Also, the
air inside the drive will cool and reintroducing the drive to a warmer
environment will casue condensation to form on the platters - think of cold
temperatures outside and what forms on the glass inside the house - or the
condensation that forms on a soda can just out of the refrigerator on a warm
day.
Turning it upside down might work but this is only a temporary fix while the
drive might be copied to a ZIP disk.
Regards,
Keith
From: Doug Kiekow <dou...@me.com>
To: 'Keith Jamison' via Vintage Macs <vintage-macs@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2017, 0:18
Subject: Re: "Sticky" 80Mb Quantum Drives
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 and booting.
On Feb 18, 2017, at 4:18 PM, Wesley Furr <wes...@megley.com> wrote:
has anyone found or heard of any tricks to bring those drives back to life?
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