Power Management PM7500

[Atro Tossavainen]

> A better method is to impart some rotational whiplash while holding the 
> drive in your hand with the platters roughly parallel to your palm.  

What about just heating 'em up?  I've had several old drives that have
refused to spin up after a _long_ period of constant use and subsequent
turning off, and I've usually managed to get them to start up again when
they have warmed up.  It's not necessary to have a Finnish sauna for
this, though - I've found that the heat that a disk absorbs from a
running computer in maybe an hour is usually enough.

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