Is this hard disk dying? :-(

~misfit~ wrote:
> kony wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:44:06 +1200, "~misfit~"
> > <misfit61nz.RemoveThis@woohoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I guess that I'm just lucky with a soldering iron. Then again, I
> > > am/was legendary (heh!) in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking for
> > > having been doing a pin-mod on a coppermine CPU and removing the
> > > wrong pin! Not to worry, I did what I was told was impossible and
> > > soldered a replacement pin onto the CPU using the same $10 tool.
> >
> > I remember that... your success motivate me to try a few
> > different methods of reattaching pins. I tried tinning the
> > pin then using flux, tried that liquid automotive defogger
> > copper paint (had to scrap away excess later), but neither
> > of these worked as well for me as plain old plumbers tinning
> > flux, the two former attempts resulting in the pin coming
> > off when I tried to fasten it in the socket while the last
> > is still running today. The key to using it was to make
> > sure the iron tip was very clean, de-tinned, so while
> > heating the pin it didn't leave but a trivial amount of
> > solder residue from the tip, only relying on the solder dust
> > in the tinning flux to make the bond.
>
> Hehee! I just tinned the end off of a pin off a 486 (the actual pin
> off the Coppermine was bent). The 486 pin had a wee 'mushroom' at the
> end. then I dipped the soldering iron into the crater where the pin
> was, leaving the tiniest bit of solder in the 'hole'. I then wiped
> the soldering iron clean with a damp cloth, let it reach it's temp
> again, held the pin in place with tweezers and help

That "help" should read "held".

> the iron against
> the side of the pin for a couple seconds.
> I still have the CPU, a Celeron 600 that does 900 easy. I've had it
> in and out of sockets a few times since, the pin holds on fine. I can
> recognise it by the little bit of solder rsidue on the side of the
> pin. I guess I didn't get the iron completely clean. <g> It's in a
> plastic CPU package now, in a drawer. <sigh> What once was a great
> achievement is now a keepsake. I'm too sentimental to throw it away.
>
> Cheers,
--
Shaun.