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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:10:15 PDT7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Disk drive repair?

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Tonm:

Peter is right, the problem you describe is repairable.
Actually, it is a common kind of failure. Soldering skills
required for this repair are a bit more than casual tinkering,
but someone who works in electronics might be able to do
it for you. And you might find a radio amateur who has
the skills too. Basically, you've got just one chance
to get it right, the first one.

I once repaired a neighbors drive with this problem,
and he used it for quite a while, before negotiating
a replacement from Maxtor. ( I have no idea HOW he did
that, but he was a skilled negotiator and VERY determined!).

The repaired connector-to-pc-board joint will never be as robust
as an undamaged one, but the drive can be useable, with care.
After the repair, once you reconnect it, leave it. Repeated
stress on the connector will provoke a more permanent kind
of failure, or at least, harder to repair. Ultimately, flying
leads would remove all stress from the pc board and allow
continued operation. You could make up a set of flying leads
from a power extender or Y-cable.

I have an IBM 36GB drive and it is my most valued HD, probably
because it is U160 SCSI and 10Krpm.

Are you ever anywhere near Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)?

--Steve WA1ESF

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On 9/29/03, Tom Brown wrote, in part:
>I have a 36 GB IBM SCSI drive with a damaged power connector.
>One of the pins got pushed in and it popped loose from the solder
>joint on the PC board. I have thought about trying to repair it myself,
>but I just don't think I have the tools or the skill required.
>
>Does anyone know of a GOOD place to get this repaired in Southern CA?
>
>The drive is one half of a JFS volume, so I need to have the repair
>done carefully with no changes to the data on the drive.

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