Thank you all for the detailed replies! To clarify:
The black dust was located around the graphite spindle, as suggested above.
I have since cleaned it all off.
I have opened the drive and seen the platters: they seem perfectly clean
with no scratches. I promptly put the cover back on (I don't wanna screw
THAT up at least).
Interesting thing happened last night: I was powering on the ProFile last
night to check the time until startup (1:23, by the way). When I turned it
on again after that, thick white smoke started to pour out of the power
supply. I promptly shut everything off, unplugged everything, and took the
cover off the PSU. There is a small, flat capacitor (I think) near the edge
of the board near the power cord attachment. This component says 0.1uf on
the top, and upon further inspection, the whole side of it had been blown
off (the whole thing now smells terrible, like something had been burned).
Does anyone know what this component is, and if so, where I can buy a
replacement? As long as I can get the part, I can re-solder it and
everything.
-- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the LisaList group. The group FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/lisa.html To post to this group, send email to lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden To leave this group, send email to lisalist+unsubscribe_at_email.domain.hidden For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lisalist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LisaList" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lisalist+unsubscribe_at_googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.Received on 2013-12-31 11:53:00
- text/html attachment: alternate version of message
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : 2020-01-13 12:15:14 EST