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[3227.16 --> 3227.96] because they've been
[3227.96 --> 3228.34] working,
[3228.50 --> 3228.84] as you say,
[3228.90 --> 3229.94] for roughly three years
[3229.94 --> 3230.56] just fine.
[3231.34 --> 3231.98] Now you've put them
[3231.98 --> 3232.92] into a new case,
[3233.80 --> 3234.74] it doesn't sound
[3234.74 --> 3236.60] too clever to me.
[3236.66 --> 3239.00] So I give the pins
[3239.00 --> 3239.96] a visual inspection
[3239.96 --> 3240.40] to make sure
[3240.40 --> 3241.18] none of the little
[3241.18 --> 3241.92] plastic bits
[3241.92 --> 3242.86] have kind of snapped off
[3242.86 --> 3243.60] in any of the connectors.
[3244.30 --> 3244.88] That's certainly
[3244.88 --> 3245.38] what I did
[3245.38 --> 3246.86] in that COBOL system
[3246.86 --> 3247.72] that I tried out
[3247.72 --> 3248.94] a few episodes ago,
[3249.04 --> 3249.98] probably a year or more.
[3250.52 --> 3251.18] I rammed it
[3251.18 --> 3252.16] into the back plane
[3252.16 --> 3252.78] so hard
[3252.78 --> 3253.52] because the tolerances
[3253.52 --> 3254.40] were so tight
[3254.40 --> 3255.40] on the plastic rails
[3255.40 --> 3256.68] that I ended up
[3256.68 --> 3257.36] snapping some of the
[3257.36 --> 3258.00] connectors off the end
[3258.00 --> 3258.50] of the drives.
[3259.22 --> 3259.90] That hurts
[3259.90 --> 3260.60] when you do that.
[3261.44 --> 3262.30] Don't do that.
[3265.10 --> 3266.40] But an easier solution
[3266.40 --> 3267.32] to just pulling
[3267.32 --> 3267.86] the pins off
[3267.86 --> 3268.62] the drive itself
[3268.62 --> 3269.74] is using something
[3269.74 --> 3270.68] called Capton tape.
[3270.76 --> 3271.10] You know what they
[3271.10 --> 3272.28] developed for the
[3272.28 --> 3273.92] space shuttle
[3273.92 --> 3274.78] and I think it was
[3274.78 --> 3275.38] actually for the
[3275.38 --> 3275.96] Apollo missions.
[3276.50 --> 3277.38] It's that kind of
[3277.38 --> 3277.88] golden,
[3278.50 --> 3279.56] really thin,
[3279.72 --> 3280.50] electrically
[3280.50 --> 3282.14] isolative tape
[3282.14 --> 3284.08] and it's so thin
[3284.08 --> 3284.58] that you can actually
[3284.58 --> 3285.52] cut with like
[3285.52 --> 3286.30] an exacto knife
[3286.30 --> 3286.76] or something
[3286.76 --> 3288.22] a small enough
[3288.22 --> 3288.84] little piece
[3288.84 --> 3289.44] over the first
[3289.44 --> 3290.20] pin or two
[3290.20 --> 3291.30] put it onto
[3291.30 --> 3292.64] the power connector
[3292.64 --> 3293.98] of the drive itself.
[3294.54 --> 3295.24] I mean that achieves
[3295.24 --> 3295.78] the same thing
[3295.78 --> 3296.38] as cutting the
[3296.38 --> 3298.48] 3.3 volt wire
[3298.48 --> 3298.98] does.
[3299.06 --> 3299.62] You're just blocking
[3299.62 --> 3300.72] the electrical contact
[3300.72 --> 3302.06] from making a circuit
[3302.06 --> 3304.02] but you know
[3304.02 --> 3305.46] if they used to work
[3305.46 --> 3306.28] and now they don't work
[3306.28 --> 3308.00] then you know
[3308.00 --> 3308.86] it might not be
[3308.86 --> 3309.66] a good outcome
[3309.66 --> 3310.32] I'm afraid.
[3311.10 --> 3311.48] But you did get
[3311.48 --> 3312.48] three good years
[3312.48 --> 3312.88] out of them
[3312.88 --> 3313.78] I suppose.
[3314.58 --> 3315.80] Yeah, silver lining.
[3315.80 --> 3317.14] Look on the bright side.
[3317.38 --> 3317.70] I don't think
[3317.70 --> 3318.62] you should give up
[3318.62 --> 3319.06] just yet.
[3319.16 --> 3319.94] I think it's worth
[3319.94 --> 3320.98] maybe testing
[3320.98 --> 3321.82] one of these drives
[3321.82 --> 3322.54] in an enclosure
[3322.54 --> 3324.04] or some other case
[3324.04 --> 3324.82] and see if they're
[3324.82 --> 3325.36] still viable
[3325.36 --> 3326.24] in some other
[3326.24 --> 3327.00] setup.
[3327.52 --> 3328.42] Then you can start
[3328.42 --> 3329.46] isolating some variables
[3329.46 --> 3330.98] you know maybe it's