[NCLUG] Whistling computer

[mike cullerton]

on 11/29/01 11:20 AM, Michael Dwyer at mdwyer at sixthdimension.com wrote:

> Ob Sticktion Story: At the community college lab in my home town,
> they had a whole bunch of the old all-in-one Macintoshes -- SE, SE30,
> Plus, etc.  One of them had a HDD that failed.  Instead of replacing
> it, the tech opened up the case, opened up the hard drive, turned the
> machine on, spun the platters manually to get it started, then
> carefully replaced all the covers.
> "There.  Now don't turn this machine off ever again."
> Hey, it worked!

seasoned veterans learned to hold an SE/SE30 by the handle and twist it with
just the right amount of torque to get those stuck harddrives moving again
without even opening the case ;)

 -- mike cullerton   michaelc at cullerton dot com