[ale] OT: HW failure

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Calvin Harrigan wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 December 2003 11:28 am, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Geoffrey wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > I had four drives die within a year (one after another), in one machine. I
> > didn't worry about guarentees as I was dependent on that machine. Life got
> > much better (and less expensive!) when I changed the controller along with
> > the drive.
> >
> > I'm not an engineer, but I suspect that squirrelly hardware on the other
> > end of the ribbon cable can encourage a hard drive to self-destruct. I
> > have to wonder if such a mechanism doesn't explain some of the horror
> > stories concerning multiple serial drive failures?
> 
> I thought about that, but the half-dozen WD's were replaced finally with an 
> IBM.  The drive and motherboard is working together to this day!!!  At least 
> 4 years together happily.  Slightly incompatible perhaps?
> 

<<shrug>> damnifIknow. Sure could be an explaination, although getting it 
figgured out and shown could be challenging. (In fact, how _would_ you 
demonstrate it as an individual?)


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