Platters swap - coaxial calibration vs. calibrating balance.

[igen]

Hi everyone,

It is common knowledge that after removing the plates from the disk (e.g. after the engine is seized, dirty, etc.) we must set the coaxial markers (with the number of plates 2+).

But we must also remember to the hard drive motor balance them.
While looking for information on this topic, i came across this link:

https://www.dolphindatalab.com/product/ ... -training/

Does anyone know anything about this?
I also met a lot of different opinions on the web about the methods that are used by this company.
Apparently, the tips contained there sometimes work - and sometimes they don't...
I don't want to pay for information that may not be useful to me.

Does anyone have any feedback on these methods?

Thanks in advance for any information.

[melvin]

I didn't own this one, but as i bought their platter cleaning table and was really disapointed, they showed me their training videos how to clean platters... in a drive, not on their crappy table. So i don't think they have any good content to buy.
Also i never had any problems i would call "balance issues" when moving platters to a new drive. Just make sure they are aligned.

[igen]

I didn't own this one, but as i bought their platter cleaning table and was really disapointed, they showed me their training videos how to clean platters... in a drive, not on their crappy table. So i don't think they have any good content to buy.
Also i never had any problems i would call "balance issues" when moving platters to a new drive. Just make sure they are aligned.

Thanks for reply,

I now have an 8-head seagate on the table, where 2 head sliders are on the ends of the positioner, another one (3) is glued on the top surface, and the rest (5 pcs.) somewhere between the platters ...
I'm afraid that this is another seagate that will have problems with starting - after removing the plates ...
I had no problems with WD, but with Seagate many times ...

[melvin]

If you keep the alignment and SA is readable this shouldn't be a problem.

[drHDD]

I would not worry about your seagate.
If you fine with WD try to take out platters from something like wd1600jc-55ncb1 and put them back. I am sure you will surprise your self.

[fzabkar]

I wanted to see which tools Dolphin provides to "balance" the discs (I think I did this years ago).

https://www.dolphindatalab.com/product/dolphin-head-and-platter-swap-and-clean-suite-pro/

Apparently you can use your ears to detect the contaminants on a bad head.

Ear Magnifier Pro 1

Ear Magnifier Pro is used to watch the heads health information and find out which head has white magnetic powder and then see which surface is damaged.

More "pro" balancing tools:

Elastic Band Pro 2

Elastic Band Pro is used to adjust the WD hdd motor balance with other tools.

Soldering wire pro 1

Soldering wire pro is used to adjust the hdd motor balance with other tools.

Double-sided adhesive pro 1

Double-sided adhesive pro is used with Platter extractor and also used during hdd motor balance adjustment.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Well,
Every damn thing DFL sells is called in the end ,pro this pro that , And rates are super inflated ,Only idiots will buy at this rate

[igen]

Yeah !!!

I am after disassembling 4 plates and finding all torn sliders (6 out of ....

At first, he clicked a bit, showed off a bit in the terminal (as Seagate) - but he stabilized and moved on.
They read all heads...

Thanks all for the advice.
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