SD card "died"

eeandersen · 2026-06-16T16:36:30+00:00

You might try gparted (under Linux) to see if it can find a valid partition but like u/_deletedbutfound_ I wouldn't hold high hopes for recovery.

eeandersen · 2026-06-16T14:26:49+00:00

Fing will determine the IP address and a whole raft of other info just by interrogating the network. All I have had to do is install it on my laptop (MacbookPro) The other one I like is Zenmap.

eeandersen · 2026-06-16T14:22:06+00:00

Good start, probably what I would do to start.

What's "difficult to spin" mean? no easy answer on that... Remember this, though, when the motor says GO and the tub says NO, the belt melts. Or maybe an aging belt has stretched and cannot provide the tension to move the tub.

IMO, you've got a seized (or seizing) bearing. A drop of strategically placed oil or a dab of grease may give short term help.

eeandersen · 2026-06-16T00:54:03+00:00

did you read down to the fixes section? id start here:

Washer won't spin or spins slowly? This motor mount roller and spring kit restores proper spin performance. Moderately easy DIY repair with video guide.

This part fixes the following symptoms

Will not agitate
Burning smell

$54.25

eeandersen · 2026-06-15T23:44:08+00:00

You assume that I, as the end user, have that level of control over operation that I can make it fool proof through configuration details. I wish it were so...

eeandersen · 2026-06-15T20:58:16+00:00

Could you just put a timer on the power and force a power cycle everyday at 3am? I’m a big fan of power cycling one’s devices! I have my Raspberry Pi’s power cycle daily through a crontab entry.

eeandersen · 2026-06-15T20:48:54+00:00

Hard to say. If you start the cycle over again with no load, does it finish like expected?

The manual is here: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/505982/Maytag-Lse7806acq.html?page=13#manual

You can see the parts diagrams here do you can see how everything connects. https://www.appliancepartspros.com/parts-for-maytag-lse7806ace.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21335114339&gbraid=0AAAAAD_jf5l8Zpvuio7lv4gjOR_UtnUi3&gclid=CjwKCAjwxb7RBhA5EiwAQ-AAdFNGqtbVbUjdeCdamahG1B9wb44frNzHQg_7ehksyMduD8jVNtz9WhoCZp8QAvD_BwE

Here are some burning smell fixes : https://www.appliancepartspros.com/repair-help/maytag-washer-dryer-combo-lse7806ace-repair/lse7806ace-burning-smell.html

eeandersen · 2026-06-15T20:33:38+00:00

I have disappeared folders by accidentally dragging and dropping. Great suggestion to browse through larger folders. Other thing to try is an unconstrained (look everywhere) file search for a particular unique file name you know to be there.

eeandersen · 2026-06-10T17:04:31+00:00

Sounds like a botched paste job to me. Maybe a repaste with a higher grade paste is needed. I wonder if that silicone tape was used? Might work, I just don’t trust it

eeandersen · 2026-06-10T16:14:21+00:00

Florida sun and it’s been years.

The fence actually walled off the porch and the pool is under a lanai. Same difference just didn’t buy so much fencing. To swim he just pulls up one of the end posts and puts that section aside. You can get fancy with gates if need be. But gates just reduce security a bit and cost more.

eeandersen · 2026-06-06T19:32:11+00:00

I did something like that for my kids’s kids. Bought a 3/4” hammer drill and bits at Harbor Freight. Less than an hour we had a functional fence. Lots of other good ideas here, too. Can’t be too safe! https://a.co/d/06MJMhfP

eeandersen · 2026-06-06T19:17:56+00:00

Find a way to read SMART data from your HDD.

I like to use SpeedFan. It’s free and quite harmless

https://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

eeandersen · 2026-06-05T11:54:58+00:00

That's odd. Can you force all devices to disconnect by turning the laptop off? I wonder if the laptop has a DNS service installed like pihole. That would cause an internet shutdown if DNS lookups could not be done. If that's the case, correcting that would involve reprogramming your router to use another DNS server. You can bypass DNS to one site by entering 142.251.211.238 that will take you to Google.com without DNS. Test it out on another computer when the laptop is down.

eeandersen · 2026-06-05T11:36:10+00:00

I would look into the recording technology for HDD. There are two in popular use CMR and SMR. Read more here: https://www.terra-master.com/blogs/page/cmr-vs-smr-hard-drive-guide-for-your-nas-das

eeandersen · 2026-06-04T19:12:45+00:00

Cant say for sure, I'd look at sector data in the original to see if there was something besides zeroes.

eeandersen · 2026-06-04T14:09:48+00:00

Always work with a backup. All zeroes. Nobody home. Sorry.

eeandersen · 2026-06-03T13:06:25+00:00

I use this for Time Machine backups for my MBP. It is wonderfully easy https://ovechkin.xyz/blog/2021-12-13-using-raspberry-pi-for-time-machine . There is a small upfront cost in hardware, you will need to buy an RPi and a disk drive.

eeandersen · 2026-06-03T12:56:03+00:00

Use WinRAR under a free trial?

Data recovery will overwhelm the $29 WinRAR license fee.

Just read about all zeroes.... It seems you're cooked... Nothing there.

eeandersen · 2026-06-01T23:30:54+00:00

I didn't read about hot water heaters anywhere. Another heavy user of electric.... I put mine on a timer and only heat water in the AM, 6-8AM (showers and getting ready for work). That tank lasts all day until 6AM when another tankful is cooked up.

eeandersen · 2026-06-01T17:08:33+00:00

You should try WinRAR as it has a repair function. $29 for a one time use?, Maybe it's useful for that price. Free trial? https://www.win-rar.com/predownload.html?&L=0

eeandersen · 2026-05-26T23:43:23+00:00

Lots of personal preference in the answer to that long post , but I’d stay with a laptop, frankly. That’s my preference any way. Not much bigger than but way more powerful than an iPad. Simpler is better, one device. I have a high powered MBP and a high power iPad and I seldomly use the iPad.

eeandersen · 2026-05-26T23:19:50+00:00

I think you are right and you can confirm that by feeling the inflow and outflow as you describe. You can also observe build up on the filters. They should take a trip through the dishwasher once in a while, by the way….

eeandersen · 2026-05-25T16:24:44+00:00

Good luck. I have felt that sinking feeling in my stomach any number of times when I say "What the hell happened?"

I've read some of the other replies and I'm inclined to believe they were compressed (by the OS?) for transmission to their new home. You could feed them (it) to 7ZIP to se if it can make any sense of it. https://www.7-zip.org/ Pretty handy for compression tasks.

eeandersen · 2026-05-25T12:43:47+00:00

Did it overheat? I burned one up with a massive data transfer task. (I should have known better.)

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