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  • hey guys

    From mary4@21:2/150 to All on Mon Apr 6 10:46:48 2026
    my 1987 laptop got a stuck HDD that will not spin.

    I should repair it when i get some time i been so busy!
    i just now got the time to work on my 1st computer. which has a bad mobo in it i gotta swap it to a working one.


    Lots of tech problems here
    3 machines need work

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to mary4 on Mon Apr 6 17:03:08 2026
    Re: hey guys
    By: mary4 to All on Mon Apr 06 2026 10:46 am

    my 1987 laptop got a stuck HDD that will not spin.

    If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky as it aged.
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  • From Geri Atricks@21:3/235 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 7 08:57:30 2026
    If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
    the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
    from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
    as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32

    Ahh Yes, ye ole "Seagate Test" :D

    -FltCapt Dallas Vinson, SFI

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  • From mary4@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 8 15:24:02 2026
    If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
    the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
    from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
    as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32
    yeah i think the luburicant at the spindle motor is sticky
    i gotta replace this mobo of my main system i just been too busy

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  • From mary4@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 10 23:53:01 2026
    If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
    the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
    from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
    as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32
    i will try to spin the disks 1st then ill try that. thank you~!

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Geri Atricks on Sun Apr 12 10:30:51 2026
    Geri Atricks wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    Ahh Yes, ye ole "Seagate Test" :D

    Quantum Fireball drives in old Macs apparently used some earth-friendly
    lube that got sticky when it got hot - as a result, sometimes when the
    drive cooled down, it wouldn't respond to a power-up in time and refuse
    to boot. The palm slap took care of it, for a while. Thankfully Apple
    was good about replacing the drives.



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