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raven4d

Post subject: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 19th, 2014, 17:35

Joined: August 16th, 2012, 4:57
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Hi ther ,

would like to get your ideas about a 3.5" drive that came to me with stuck spindle ..

openned the drive in my clean room , and the spindle wonut move at all !!

head movement is normal .. but never had a spindle stuck as hard as this one ..

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 19th, 2014, 17:37

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
Posts: 7864
Location: UK

What model?

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deftrue

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 19th, 2014, 18:14

Joined: October 22nd, 2013, 5:27
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Location: Spain

Happened to me about a month ago on a Seagate 7200.11, can't recall the exact model. Maybe a ST3500340AS.
About the spindle - it won't move even a single arcsecond applying dangerous torque. So I had to perform a platter swap, knowing these models don't like being platter-swapped that much...

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raven4d

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 19th, 2014, 19:35

Joined: August 16th, 2012, 4:57
Posts: 324

it's seagate 7200.8 st3400832as

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 15:18

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raven4d wrote:

it's seagate 7200.8 st3400832as

Ooh! Fun!

4 platter job as I recall.

Requires platter swap into another chassis, which ain't easy on these :-(

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raven4d

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 22nd, 2014, 14:55

Joined: August 16th, 2012, 4:57
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pcimage wrote:

raven4d wrote:

it's seagate 7200.8 st3400832as

Ooh! Fun!

4 platter job as I recall.

Requires platter swap into another chassis, which ain't easy on these :-(

it has 3 platters , and am not willing transfer the platters

will try to release the spindle as the motor beeps till now , if i forced the spindle it might work , otherwise will returne it

thanks

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fzabkar

Post subject: Re: releasing a stuck spindle ?

Posted: March 22nd, 2014, 15:10

Joined: September 8th, 2009, 18:21
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Location: Australia

pcimage wrote:

raven4d wrote:

it's seagate 7200.8 st3400832as :(

4 platter job as I recall.

ST3400832AS

The number of platters is indicated by the second to last numeric character in the model number.

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