Ingramokhll Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I recently bought an Adam expansion module, and of course the data drive wasn't working. I took it apart for repair and found that the sensor was torn to shreds. I haven't seen any for sale, so I thought I'd try my hand at making one. In my first attempt I made a round disc from thin plastic, used a razor to scratch the surface in a pattern similar to the original and glued it to the aluminum shaft. This was a total failure. In attempt 2 I made another disc, but used a sharpie to draw thin lines like the original sensor had. This one didn't function properly, BUT when I manually spun the sensor it did cause the drive to respond. It made the drive motors spin in opposite directions though, effectively locking up the drive. I'm thinking of attempting a 3rd sensor using tiny pieces of wire glued to the disc in case the sensor uses induction rather than optics, or maybe both....but the moral of the story is that I believe its possible to create new sensors for all those dead data drives setting around!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Welcome to the group! I'm too tired to comment on the rest, its 2am and I was literally just about to go to bed. But I also noticed that no one greeted you, so there ya go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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