[ale] NUC vs. RPi mail server

[Jim Kinney]

Oh. Click of death. Might be able to swap controller boards with an
identical model and get it to spin up.
Otherwise, it's scrap metal. The platter makes a nice wind chime :-)
On Dec 24, 2014 9:10 AM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

> Already did the freezer attempt. :)
>
> The drive won't POST itself and find the initial guide track on the
> platter.  It just clicks over and over again performing the initial head
> seek and eventually gives up.
>
> I'll try it again after Christmas (running on the backup server now) to
> see if I can get it to boot just once more.  I'll have the whole old
> machine available to fiddle with it while it gets replaced with the Rpi
> and external drive.
>
> On 2014-12-24 07:06, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Put the drive in a ziplock bag with the cables attached and sticking out.
> > Seal the bag around the cables with tape. Add a "do not eat" bag of drier
> > pellets before sealing. Then put it in the freezer.
> > When you test it, keep the test short. Any humidity will condense and
> make
> > a worse problem. It would be best to have it sit for a while in a
> > desiccated environment before the cool down. The vent will let moist air
> > move both ways.
> > On Dec 24, 2014 3:42 AM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/23/2014 01:29 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> >>
> >>> I managed to back up almost everything but I missed /usr/share which
> had
> >>> some customized stuff in it.  The drive does not seem to want to come
> >>> back alive now so I may not be able to get to it.  I may try again in a
> >>> few days and see if I can coax the drive into booting just once more.
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>>
> >> If it's the hard drive, put it in the freezer for a couple of hours.
> I've
> >> had that work occasionally.
> >>
> >> Jim.
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