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hard drive spinner hack?
« on: August 13, 2005, 02:04:59 am »
i just heard of hard drive spinner hack and tried it my own using my dead maxtor 80 gb HD but no luck it only spins good one way.

what's good cheap old hd to kill for it?
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Re: hard drive spinner hack?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2005, 03:47:10 am »
search for the "nasty spinner", there is a specific suggestion for what dead HD's to use.
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Re: hard drive spinner hack?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2005, 12:10:50 pm »
check my page in the BYO gadget, there's a link to roll your own.
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