From: Hunter01 on 27 Jan 2007 00:19 Rod Speed wrote: > lynx <none(a)nothere.com> wrote > >> I'm wondering if a hard whack on the bench top might have some good effect. > > Nope, it wont, you watch. Has worked for me in the past, even if short lived... Not just with hard-drives either, percussive maintenance has been a tried and true methodology with many problems, especially true with CRT related probs.
From: Rod Speed on 27 Jan 2007 01:18 Hunter01 <hunter01(a)iinet.net.au> wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> lynx <none(a)nothere.com> wrote >>> I'm wondering if a hard whack on the bench top might have some good effect. >> Nope, it wont, you watch. > Has worked for me in the past, even if short lived... Not with the symptoms he has it hasnt. > Not just with hard-drives either, percussive maintenance has been a tried and true methodology > with many problems, especially true with CRT related probs. Yeah, it does work with dry joints, bad connections, and stiction with hard drives.
From: Otter on 27 Jan 2007 01:38
In news:5209g8F1mjih6U1(a)mid.individual.net, Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> typed: > > > Yeah, it does work with dry joints, bad connections, and stiction > with hard drives. Especially with hard drives. |