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Dropping an HDD from a certain height was mentioned in an old Sun service manual, IIRC.

• cestith 4y ago
  At one point maintenance for desktop workstations from some manufacturers included picking the whole unit up 3 to 5 inches or so and letting it drop onto the desk. This would in theory help reseat card-edge connectors and knock loose some of the dust gathered by static inside the unit.
  • GeekyBear 4y ago
    >picking the whole unit up 3 to 5 inches or so and letting it drop onto the desk This was an infamous fix when your Atari ST's chips were working their way out of their sockets back in the 1980's. http://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_myfaq/quickfaq-2.8a/stfaq_3.htm#6 http://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_myfaq/quickfaq-2.8a/st...
• cyckl 4y ago
  if you dont mind me asking—where can i find this manual?