my 1987 laptop got a stuck HDD that will not spin.

I should repair it when i get some time i been so busy!
i just now got the time to work on my 1st computer. which has a bad mobo in it i gotta swap it to a working one.


Lots of tech problems here
3 machines need work

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Re: hey guys
By: mary4 to All on Mon Apr 06 2026 10:46 am

my 1987 laptop got a stuck HDD that will not spin.

If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky as it aged.
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If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32

Ahh Yes, ye ole "Seagate Test" :D

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If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32

yeah i think the luburicant at the spindle motor is sticky
i gotta replace this mobo of my main system i just been too busy

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If you can get the drive out of the laptop, try taking it and smacking
the side against your hand a couple of times. Some of the old drives
from that era (especially Quantum drives) had lubricant that got sticky
as it aged. --- SBBSecho 3.37-Win32

i will try to spin the disks 1st then ill try that. thank you~!

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Ahh Yes, ye ole "Seagate Test" :D

Quantum Fireball drives in old Macs apparently used some earth-friendly
lube that got sticky when it got hot - as a result, sometimes when the
drive cooled down, it wouldn't respond to a power-up in time and refuse
to boot. The palm slap took care of it, for a while. Thankfully Apple
was good about replacing the drives.



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