Recent content by xavior007

These are interesting. The last one that I did ACE had me remove the capacitors and the clock. Anyone know why you have to remove the clock chip now when it wasn't necessary before?

Thanks guys for the responses, I think I will hold off on the acidic stuff until I have some test subjects, but I like the idea. As for the acetone is there any risk to the platter if you leave it submerged for several hours?

Hello All, I have a 2.5 that had been exposed to the elements for two years. Water eventually infiltrated the chassis of a 2.5" single platter Toshiba IDE drive. There is a lot of stuff on the platter (I say stuff because I don't know if its part of the filter, calcium build up or something...