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Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive

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Top removed from drive arm enclosure

Top removed from drive arm enclosure
With the clear protective housing removed, you can clearly see the drive arm that is used to read the sectors on the disc. See next image for a closeup.
                                                         

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Luv'd it!p_nickel@...  | 01/23/08
Do these drives use the Bernoulli Principleopus61856@...  | 01/29/08
Well...yes and no ...jrwhalley  | 02/28/08
The things people will pay others to do.mrnaturl1@...  | 01/23/08
Nice article........alpsank@...  | 01/23/08
Tomorrow: "Cracking open a walnut"jason@...  | 01/23/08
Not Exactly Deadranthony@...  | 01/25/08
Bottom case, heat shield, rear bezel.jason.morgan@...  | 01/27/08
Do you remember their tape drive?PatG1  | 01/23/08
still in useascott@...  | 01/23/08
iomega Ditto Max tape drivedecoder  | 01/25/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)brett@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)geo@...  | 01/23/08
I used to do this kind of thing from . . .cprocner  | 01/23/08
Nice Tools...mhoffman@...  | 01/23/08
fleshdrew.mcbee@...  | 01/25/08
Did they ever fix the click of death?jmgarvin  | 01/23/08
Click of Deathbill@...  | 01/23/08
Click of DeathPCTechMan  | 01/23/08
Still Alivescorp5880@...  | 01/23/08
Interesting thatMichael Jay  | 01/27/08
FloppiesEd Woychowsky  | 01/29/08
Floppys will never dierbj1_z  | 01/29/08
Iomega Sucksdecsatsv@...  | 02/06/08
That's what I was wondering!?JCitizen  | 01/23/08
Fix for Click of Deathsmithtj.geo@...  | 01/26/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)pedro.cunha.compuquali@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)alinder@...  | 01/23/08
(Should have titled above "Click of Death")alinder@...  | 01/23/08
Should have shown how to put that head actuator dampener..JCitizen  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)bcsclan@...  | 01/23/08
Who Says Zip Drives are Ancient?Michael_Knight  | 01/23/08
SCSI Zip driveedward.arnold@...  | 01/23/08
SCSI ZIPMichael_Knight  | 01/23/08
re:Who Says Zip Drives are Ancient?mrnaturl1@...  | 01/23/08
Tempus fugitdAVErSF  | 01/23/08
I still use mineDoylePIrish@...  | 01/24/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)edwelker@...  | 01/23/08
Played along with the pictures....RonElstun  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)zip@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)Jerry Collins  | 01/23/08
Still have mineGo_Figure  | 01/23/08
RE: Still have minejasondlnd  | 01/23/08
I got a USB Zip 250 a year ago and still use itjimmckenzie@...  | 01/23/08
Did you put it back together?dstead@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)jhelliott@...  | 01/23/08
RE: ORIGINAL IP DRIVEian.Macdonaldmunro@...  | 01/23/08
Getting Zip Drive to Work With XPdsteve2368@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)dchrist@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)R_BRINING@...  | 01/23/08
JunkLightSpeed  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)Francisco_z  | 01/23/08
Iomega Bernoulli 90nitecourt@...  | 01/23/08
Good grief ! have you seen what they want for those ..JCitizen  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)BitHammer  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)pimpmosher@...  | 01/23/08
Click of DeathPCTechMan  | 01/23/08
Next week: A look inside the Corvair starter motor?kw6@...  | 01/23/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)dennis.durham@...  | 01/25/08
He said it was inoperative; I assume that condition never..JCitizen  | 01/30/08
Do you remember?David.Washburn@...  | 01/25/08
Can I Help?Zenith545  | 01/26/08
RE: O!M!G...........hurt_my_fingers@...  | 01/27/08
RE: Drive motor mechanism torn apart. (Cracking Open the Iomega zip drive)duke121865  | 01/31/08

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