-external hard drives-*maintenance*

-as of [28 DECEMBER 2023]

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*SEAGATE REPAIR FORM*
*LINK*

“SEAGATE”

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*FIX USB PORT OF EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE*
*LINK*
“ARSTECHNICA”

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*OPEN UP A SEAGATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE*
*LINK*
“GEARHACK”

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*HOW TO CLEAN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE CASE* –>

*YOUTUBE LINK*
(’24 MAY 2014′)

*VIA “CHRIS RUBEI’*

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*REQUIRED GEAR* –>

*philips screw-driver*

*flathead screw-driver*

*towel*

*aerosol can*

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1

*remove the ‘HD fan’*

(‘on/off’ swtich for ‘fan’)

(to clean dust)

*get rid of all ‘dust’*
(completely ‘dust off’)

(with ‘(micro-fiber) towel’)

(use ‘aerosol can’ to get rid of dust in ‘hard-to-reach places’)

(all ‘dust’ must be removed from ‘fan’)

(i cannot stress this ENUFF!)

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2

*remove 4 screws*

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3

“open case”

*first be sure you are ‘grounded’*

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*๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ*SKETCHES*๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ*

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๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿ‘ˆโ˜œ*-EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES-* โ˜ž ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰

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๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ–คโค๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงกโฃ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’˜โฃ๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’šโค๏ธ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’˜

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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ*we won the war* ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ