Re: Dead Harddrive?

[haga@zach.fit.edu (The Pyrotechnic)]

Peter_J._Maloney@mcontent.apana.org.au wrote:
: >ok ive seen almost all of the recent posts on some dead harddrives...
: >i have searched my harddrive up and down for a fuse... i didnt see one

: Not a Miniscribe in the house... :) 
: The fuse won't look like a fuse. It'll be a small black or brown rectangular
: thing about 3mm x 3mm x 10mm (1/8" x 1/8" x 3/8") that looks a bit like a 1
: Watt resistor, Its leads will be soldered into the circuit board. The best
: (and slowest) way to locate it is to use a ohm meter or continuity checker.
: Pin 38 on the 50-pin connector should go to the fuse, possibly via a diode
: (which probably won't look like a diode, either). 
: Good luck...

: Regds, Peter M.
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Oh thanks so much... i was having a hard time trying to figure out where/
what that puppy would look like.... gee, you would think 2 years of operating
a surface mount machine i would know these things :> alas, sometimes
things slip by while working...


Larry.....
haga@zach.fit.edu

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