Date   : Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:25:01 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Viglen Winnie / Miniscribe 3438

Joel Rowbottom wrote:
> At 00:24 12/07/2006, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
>> Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
>>> The problem probably is that the drive motor has got stuck.  On this
>>> drive the motor is outside the drive so you can rotate it yourself.
>>
>> Do make sure you rotate it the right way! And if it's a stiction 
>> problem then only a fraction of a turn should be needed, nothing like 
>> a full revolution.
> 
> Ian/Jules, thanks for that tip. It worked an absolute treat - moving the 
> stepper motor a couple of mm round then powering it up was enough to 
> kick it into action again without any problems. Hurrah!

Make sure you back the data up sharpish, though. If it's stuck once it'll do 
it again as the problem's with degrading of the drive components rather than 
some freak occurrence. Eventually the heads will crach and you'll be left with 
a boat anchor...