wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) (10/03/88)
On older Jasmine drives, the ones with the metal cases, the blue filter on the front gets very dirty. Dirty enough that it is difficult to see the status light... not good for the health of the drive. It is also nearly impossible to get the filter out because of it's recessed position. Solution for cleaning; Give the cover a shower! Take the cover off of the drive, and rinse out the blue filter; no need for dissasembling the screen/frame/filter assembly. A fairly high pressure stream of warm water works (I took mine into the shower, which brought some strange looks from the other people in the dorm..), but be careful that it isn't too high, or else it will rip the filter apart. Rinse from the inside of the cover to the ouside; the dust is on the outside (no need to force the dust through the filter...). A blow dryer works well to _completely_ dry the filter. I haven't torn into one of the new drives to see if they have filters... It's great, I can actually watch the little red LED blink during read/write's; good to take up time while waiting for the Mac's non DMA access :-). b.bum wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (10/04/88)
The new Direct drives have filters, but you would never from just looking at one sitting down. They are right over the fan. They are just a little square on the bottom of the drive. This sounds strange since it is seemingly forcing hot air underneath itself where some dumb law of physics is just going to force it right back up. But, anyway, all that aside they say that it is now easier to clean and/or replace the filter. As a side note, I have to yet get the stupid thing off, and I have tried! There is just little piece of plastic holding it down with arrows pointing to where you are supposed to hold and pull on to get it off, but I can't seem to get it off. Maybe I am just not pulling had, but that thing is really on there and I don't want to break it since my 140 is quite expensive and I just finished paying for it! Mark Cookson