Looks like you are having some good luck with those Mitsubishi drives, not so much with the linear voice coil seagates so far though... Interesting how the one ST-251 that sounds really good does the extended seek test, but the two that sound like they have a head crash do the shorter one. I wonder how a LLF would go on these ones...
@@TheDiskMaster I guess they are quite resilient, though the Mitsubishi ones really appear to be the real winners so far. I hope we will get to hear a working linear voice coil Seagate in the next videos.
A bit off-topic, I actually came into the U.S. from Canada with my dad on a semi truck! Staying for 5 days and I'm in the truck as I'm typing this comment! Unfortunately, I'm not going to Texas, But we may pick up a load from there, I just don't know.
The amount of dead linear voice coil Seagate drives is surprising to me, I thought those were pretty reliable drives. I wonder if there is any news on that Maxtor XT-1085 as I couldn't hear it try to do anything in the video except the spindle, perhaps the actuator lock is stuck on that one? As for the Lapine Titan, any updates on that one? It sounded not very happy trying to spin up, regardless it is a wonderful drive! Will there be follow-ups to these drives and which one's you were able to get working and which one's actually ended up bad?
@@TheDiskMaster Well I hope the Lapine goes well! I have never seen one for sale sadly. Shame you won't be attempting to do anything with the voice coil stuff but I suppose there is plenty of other more interesting drives to test and go through of course so I understand that.
@@cdos9186Well that and most of the voice coil stuff is unfixable so to speak. I think the Lapine will come back around with a bit of work, they're stout drives so I don't see why not.
It is funny you say a "real Lapine", Kyocera made all of Lapine's drives, and got in legal troubles when they started slapping their own label on them. All of quantum's drives are prone to the sticky bumper syndrome (including the Q-2000, Q500, and Q-200 series) however the Q-500 is easy to repair if it has this issue.
@@bobjoe2827 Really? I didn't know the Q500 had bumpers in it at all. I'll have to do that on the one with the transparent lid. And yeah, Lapine Titans with actual Lapine badging are hard to find.
@@TheDiskMaster The Q500's are a strange design, the bumpers are around the actuator arm like normal (for an early voice coil drive), however the voice coil assembly is under the steel plate that the arm is mounted to (similar design to the Q2000).
I find those linear voice coil Seagates can get a bit grumpy after sitting for a while. Mine did that for a time and them after several tries it finally did a good seek test. Something to do with lubrication. The Mitsubishi drives seem common on the west coast when I see old computers gathered in a warehouse. My last remaining ST-225 has a speed issue and will not do a seek test as a result. Again disappointed that the second Magnetic Peripherals drive was also a dud. Mine spins up and will not not stop speeding up.
The rail bearings get stiff on the Seagate ST-4000 series drives (I recovered mine by lubricating them), but they often have servo and head problems as well. The Magnetic Peripherals drives often suffer from either board failure or paint delamination of the voice coil magnets which jams the voice coil and leads to head crashes.
@@matthewsvideos8235 The amount of voice coil stuff that's dead here is not surprising to me at all, I don't think I'll bother to make the bad ones work.
Looks like you are having some good luck with those Mitsubishi drives, not so much with the linear voice coil seagates so far though... Interesting how the one ST-251 that sounds really good does the extended seek test, but the two that sound like they have a head crash do the shorter one. I wonder how a LLF would go on these ones...
@@arnlol Probably not well if I had to guess. And yeah, shows how good those Seagate drives are, doesn't it?
@@TheDiskMaster I guess they are quite resilient, though the Mitsubishi ones really appear to be the real winners so far. I hope we will get to hear a working linear voice coil Seagate in the next videos.
@@arnlolThere probably won't be many, if any at all.
A bit off-topic, I actually came into the U.S. from Canada with my dad on a semi truck! Staying for 5 days and I'm in the truck as I'm typing this comment! Unfortunately, I'm not going to Texas, But we may pick up a load from there, I just don't know.
@@JankPods0201 Nice, hope you find something cool to bring back
The amount of dead linear voice coil Seagate drives is surprising to me, I thought those were pretty reliable drives. I wonder if there is any news on that Maxtor XT-1085 as I couldn't hear it try to do anything in the video except the spindle, perhaps the actuator lock is stuck on that one? As for the Lapine Titan, any updates on that one? It sounded not very happy trying to spin up, regardless it is a wonderful drive! Will there be follow-ups to these drives and which one's you were able to get working and which one's actually ended up bad?
@@cdos9186 There will be no follow up for anything voice coil, the Lapine sounds rough but I have done no further testing in the meantime.
@@TheDiskMaster Well I hope the Lapine goes well! I have never seen one for sale sadly. Shame you won't be attempting to do anything with the voice coil stuff but I suppose there is plenty of other more interesting drives to test and go through of course so I understand that.
@@cdos9186Well that and most of the voice coil stuff is unfixable so to speak.
I think the Lapine will come back around with a bit of work, they're stout drives so I don't see why not.
It is funny you say a "real Lapine", Kyocera made all of Lapine's drives, and got in legal troubles when they started slapping their own label on them. All of quantum's drives are prone to the sticky bumper syndrome (including the Q-2000, Q500, and Q-200 series) however the Q-500 is easy to repair if it has this issue.
@@bobjoe2827 Really? I didn't know the Q500 had bumpers in it at all. I'll have to do that on the one with the transparent lid.
And yeah, Lapine Titans with actual Lapine badging are hard to find.
@@TheDiskMaster The Q500's are a strange design, the bumpers are around the actuator arm like normal (for an early voice coil drive), however the voice coil assembly is under the steel plate that the arm is mounted to (similar design to the Q2000).
@@bobjoe2827 I see. I guess I'll have to try repairing them at some point, then.
@@TheDiskMaster I forgot to mention, the other problem I have seen with the Q500's is the glass can detach from the actuator arm.
@@bobjoe2827That's no fun either.
I find those linear voice coil Seagates can get a bit grumpy after sitting for a while. Mine did that for a time and them after several tries it finally did a good seek test. Something to do with lubrication. The Mitsubishi drives seem common on the west coast when I see old computers gathered in a warehouse. My last remaining ST-225 has a speed issue and will not do a seek test as a result. Again disappointed that the second Magnetic Peripherals drive was also a dud. Mine spins up and will not not stop speeding up.
The rail bearings get stiff on the Seagate ST-4000 series drives (I recovered mine by lubricating them), but they often have servo and head problems as well. The Magnetic Peripherals drives often suffer from either board failure or paint delamination of the voice coil magnets which jams the voice coil and leads to head crashes.
@@bobjoe2827 My Magnetic Peripherals drive just over speeds.
@@matthewsvideos8235 The amount of voice coil stuff that's dead here is not surprising to me at all, I don't think I'll bother to make the bad ones work.
@@bobjoe2827 No idea, but Im not likely to be working on it any time soon.
@@matthewsvideos8235One of mine does nothing and the other is shown here.