hey uniserver - great call on the performa sound fix - you were 100% man

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When I had the drive open I checked the rubber under the magnet and the movement of the arm to the spindle. The rubber has not melted and there didn't seem like any sticktion on the movement at all

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then again it poses the question what caused the problem

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do the 2 circle 'scratched' on the platter mean it is dead... of will anibus create a new table of what clusters are good etc etc

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after reading your link...maybey its better to open it up again before I do anything and check again

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one thing I know is that I don't have many chances to save this drive..........