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How can I spin an old HDD motor?
I've stripped out an old IDE (40 Pin) HDD from 1998 for use in a POV display project (Gr. 12 Computer Engineering), and I've been trying to spin it up.
The problem is that the HDD motor is brushless ...
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Using a CPU manually [closed]
Ok, I know this may sound dumb but, here is the thing:
I recently removed a cpu, ram and hard disk from my 10-ish year old pc. At first, I did that to understand how the pc was built. Now, the next ...
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sharing mass storage device between 2 system physically without any software implantation [closed]
Assume a mass storage device containing all documents which 2 system want to use it at same time. now we connect storage (e.g a flash memory) to first system and network second system to first one to ...
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What is the function of a Logic board on a Hard disk? [closed]
Since I am planning to troubleshoot my failed hard disk which is not powering up, I am planning to check whether the logic board is working fine or not.
Shall be grateful to someone who can tell ...
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Reliable secondary storage for Raspberry Pi (or other such single-board computers (SBCs))?
Most SD cards have a fairly limited life (as in maximum number of read-write cycles), and in spite of wear-levelling, for relatively frequent disk update applications, would probably fail in a year or ...
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Hard drive that has the ability to “read” old data while it performs a write?
Is there a hard drive (protocol command, specific model, etc.) that, while writing new data over old data, it "read"/return the old data back to the controller/OS? (Analogous to a simultaneous ...
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Can I safely use a HDD in a car?
A few months ago I bought some new speakers and an amp for my Jeep. I made a little face plate with an ALPS potentiometer to control the volume and it has an iPod dock (no head unit, just the pot).
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Over-volting an hard disk voice coil actuator
I have disassembled an old hard disk and I making the voice coil move by applying a voltage between the terminals of the coil.
I plan to use this to raise or lower a flag attached to the actuator arm.
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How big a magnet do I need to wipe my portable HDD?
According to this article, I need a really big magnet to wipe the data off my HDD. Thing is, I don't know how strong a "laboratory degausser" is, so I'll ask it in my own terms: I have a pair of ...
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How is the state of a bit position on a hard drive measured?
Firstly, I am not the EE type, but I do have a petty good foundation on physics work on a pretty low level. I was wondering what mechanism it is that measures the magnetic indentation on hard drive ...
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USB connector on WD Elements HDD has come off [closed]
I have been using a WD Elements 1.5TB HDD for the past 2~3 years.
The USB connector to the drive has for the past few months been pretty unstable and finally today it seems to have completely removed ...
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Where can I find XT-IDE (8bit IDE, XTA) specifications?
I have an old hard drive and would like to try to read the data from it. The hard drive is IDE, but it is the old version of IDE, called XTA and it is only 8 bits wide (compared to "normal", 16bit ...
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hard drive head/seek motor with Arduino?
I can see there are many writings on line for using an Arduino to control a 4 or 6 wire stepper motor, that spins the platter in side an IDE hard drive. I want to control the seek read/write head ...
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What exactly are 'pins'?
I actually ran into this question just a few moments ago:
http://serverfault.com/questions/12025/intro-to-laptop-hard-drives
The first answer is the one that caught my attention.
Apparently, there ...
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How can I measure TVS diode for Seagate Momentus 7200.3?
I hope the TVS diode (or something like this) of my HDD's PCB is gone, so I could fix this HDD easily, but I don't know where it is. Can you tell me how to measure it?
I read this but I didn't ...
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Controlling/Reading Hard Drive Brushless Motor w/ uC
I am working on creating a Hard Drive DJ similar to the other posting on this website, except that I want to drive the motor when the user isn't scratching on it. Multiple sources recommended using an ...
