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ST3000VN000- Platter alignment (Bacall) 4 Platters - 8 Heads

March 12th, 2021, 20:48

Hi Gurus,

Does anyone have experience in cleaning platters from this model?

Heads have some contamination and one is missing, however I'm not sure how critical is alignment on this model, therefore I'm looking for some guidance :)

Some photos:
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Re: ST3000VN000- Platter alignment (Bacall) 4 Platters - 8 H

March 13th, 2021, 4:30

If I remember right, these are sensitive to alignment.
Anyhow, to me this kind of contamination + missing slider (ergo, impact), I wouldn't expect much from this project... :(

Re: ST3000VN000- Platter alignment (Bacall) 4 Platters - 8 H

March 13th, 2021, 8:28

northwind wrote:If I remember right, these are sensitive to alignment.
Anyhow, to me this kind of contamination + missing slider (ergo, impact), I wouldn't expect much from this project... :(


Thank you., I'll report back to client and if he wishes I'll try to clean them marked with a sharpie :D

Re: ST3000VN000- Platter alignment (Bacall) 4 Platters - 8 H

March 13th, 2021, 13:35

I can do it probably, but in that case i strongly want the platter stack in its original state.

pepe

Re: ST3000VN000- Platter alignment (Bacall) 4 Platters - 8 H

March 13th, 2021, 23:10

pepe wrote:I can do it probably, but in that case i strongly want the platter stack in its original state.

pepe


How much would you charge? I have 2 similar cases, another arrived today.
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