snq
Experienced Member
I have an ST4038 drive in my AT and while it works fine, the sound it produces is absolutely deafening. It's tightened properly into the case and everything so I'm pretty sure it's something inside the drive that's causing the noise. Sometimes it will all of a sudden go relatively quiet, but most of the time it rattles like there is no tomorrow. While I appreciate that old hardware is usually noisier than modern hardware, this is just too much. It's so bad that I only have the machine powered on for a couple of minutes at a time because I just can't stand the noise any longer than that.
So I have 2 options.. The easiest would be to replace it with a different drive. I have several MFM drives that will work but this is the only 30 MB that I have and the others are all smaller, so it'd be a bit of a downgrade. Not that I really need the 30 MB right now though..
The 2nd option would be to try and get it to stop rattling. I assume this would mean opening it up and lubricating bearings or something. Advantages of this are that I get to keep the 30 MB and that it's a bit more challenging than just replacing it. Disadvantage is that I might ruin it.
I would prefer option 2 but I'm not sure if I'm capable of doing it, I have no idea how hard this would be.
So my question is, has anyone succesfully done this (and if so, how hard is it?) or should I just forget about repairing it?
So I have 2 options.. The easiest would be to replace it with a different drive. I have several MFM drives that will work but this is the only 30 MB that I have and the others are all smaller, so it'd be a bit of a downgrade. Not that I really need the 30 MB right now though..
The 2nd option would be to try and get it to stop rattling. I assume this would mean opening it up and lubricating bearings or something. Advantages of this are that I get to keep the 30 MB and that it's a bit more challenging than just replacing it. Disadvantage is that I might ruin it.
I would prefer option 2 but I'm not sure if I'm capable of doing it, I have no idea how hard this would be.
So my question is, has anyone succesfully done this (and if so, how hard is it?) or should I just forget about repairing it?