Re: How do you know 3.5" disk drive works?

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

Hi Mike,

I finally dismantle the drive! Now we can see the head and see it how
to read the drive... but now none of my disks will work, and the head
does not seem to be dirty. There is a black line in the middle of both
heads, not sure whether it means anything but it does not seem to be
dirt.

Well, so far it seems to be the end of my short journey into the real
GS.

> Thye Chean,
>
> I'm still only a "pretend" hardware guy myself. I'm a software guy
> much like yourself, but really these hardware guys are waaay
> overrated.  ;-)
>
> Seriously, if you are unsure about dismantling hardware, you could do
> what I do and take digital photo's of each step - making sure you
> highlight things such as the orientation of parts and which screws go
> where, etc. Then when doing the re-assembly, if you are unsure about
> anything, take a look at your photo's. Make sure you take lots of
> photo's so that you don't leave any details out - the age of digital
> photography has a lot going for it.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike