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Article #104Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up
From: Centre Parting
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:36
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:36
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PeeCee wrote: > "Centre Parting" <nokia.account@ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:73r4uoF10icg5U1@mid.individual.net... > snip >> Unless a drive has a decent volume of air moved across the PCB, it's >> doomed to a short life. > > snip > > Google's research suggests otherwise: > > From http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf > <quote> > Contrary to previously reported results, we found > very little correlation between failure rates and either > elevated temperature or activity levels. > </quote> > > http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/18/massive-google-hard-drive-survey-turns-up-very-interesting-thing/ > notes: > <quote> > there is less correlation between drive temperature and failure rates > than might have been expected, and drives that are cooled excessively > actually fail more often than those running a little hot > </quote> > > > best > Paul. Not my experience. I used to run my drives fanless. Had about 5 failures over 2 years. Since then (about five years ago) I've been running another 5 or so with fans .... and not a SINGLE failure. All were and continue to be on high quality PSU's and mobo's. Coincidence ? Doubtful.
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