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From: gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive?
Message-ID: <1991May19.054711.21719@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 19 May 91 05:47:11 GMT
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mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

>gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes:

>>would lubricating it somehow make it quieter?

>Yeah, in a way it would...


>>where whould i put the lubrication anyway?

>Well, you need to take off the outer casing, and lube the internal
>components. Especially the platters themselves, since you don't want
>the read/write head scraping against the platter.


>>is motor oil fine?

>I find that Quaker State 10W-30 works best.

>MD
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i tried removing the casing and squirting motor oil on the platters and
other parts.  the oil was in one of those brass oil cans, so i dont know
what brand it was or what viscosity.

the problem i have now is that the drive does not seem to work right
anymore. when i turn on the computer, it spins, and is not as noisy
as it was before, but the computer does not boot anymore.

when i first tried the drive after oiling it, it sprayed the oil all over
the place (i did not put the cover on until after trying it out),
and some got on the circuit board. could the oil have harmed
the curcuit board?

could it be that i used the wrong viscosity?  
how would i fix such a disk drive?  is there any way to recover the data
on the drive?

i thank you in advance for any help.

gwoho liu