releasing a stuck spindle ?

[raven4d]

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 ..

[pcimage]

What model?

[deftrue]

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...

[raven4d]

it's seagate 7200.8 st3400832as

[pcimage]

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

[raven4d]

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

[fzabkar]

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.