hellerst@manish.almaden.ibm.com (Joe Hellerstein) (11/14/90)
My LaCie Cirrus 30meg external drive is dead. I think I killed it -- while trying to reduce the squealing, I tore a "flexible board" connector that connects the drive to the controller. This connector is beyond repair, and since it has a chip embedded in it and connects right to the drive head, and since I've opened the drive itself (not just the enclosure, but the drive -- I exposed the disk itself to the evils of lint and dust), I think I'm safe in pronouncing the drive dead (correct me if I'm wrong, please!) So, I now have an enclosure, power supply, fan and controller that I'm pretty sure are all fine, and was wondering what options I have in terms of replacing the disk: can I buy a raw SCSI drive as advertised in PC magazines, or an internal Mac-compatible drive, and hook it up to the remainder of my old drive? How hard is this? In addition, I am soliciting recommendations for drives in the 60-80 megabyte range, external if I'm required to do that, or internal if that's possible. I still have the LaCie driver software, SilverLining, which I like, so poor driver software needn't be a problem if the new disk is SilverLining-compatible. I'll happily mail a summary of responses to any who want, or will post if enough requests come in. Thanks a lot in advance! Joe Hellerstein
phillips@CMSUN.NRL.NAVY.MIL (Lee Phillips) (11/16/90)
I also had a dead drive in a good box (two, actually). I bought an "internal"
drive and installed it in the box. The connections seem to be standard.
This saves about over buying another external drive. Just make sure
you order the right size (probably 3 1/2").
Lee Phillips
phillips@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
phillips@lcp.nrl.navy.mil