RA81 spin-up probs

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Fri Jan 16 06:37:18 2004

On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 20:31, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I'd be surprised if you couldn't get the bearings out. You might even
> > be able to put it back together when you're done ;-)
>
> The problem is that the RA81 is a Winchester, and the spindle bearings
> are part of the sealed HDA. Yes, you can take it apart, but without a
> clean room you're not going to have a reliable drive at the end of it all.
>
> -tony
>

Ah, ok. Well, if it's broken *anyway*, you can hardly make it worse...

Gordon.
Received on Fri Jan 16 2004 - 06:37:18 GMT