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Article #64Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up
From: Arno
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:51
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:51
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage kony <spam@spam.com> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:51:21 +0100, "Centre Parting" > <nokia.account@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> If you download an OEM spec for a disk drive, there is >>> a temperature/humidity graph in it. >> >>Yes, but that's for un-a/c'd conditions (under which, the majority will be >>used). >>In a/c'd conditions, it become irrelevant because the temp is kept low >>enough that humidity is of no consequence to the cooling capacity of air. >> >> > Even if humidity is assumed to be a low, constant in their > study, things held as constants should have been mentioned. > Similarly, there should have been mention of power supply > failures and electrical surges, as these also pose risk to > powered parts. There should also have been mention made of > chassis /cooling design if all systems were not identical, > not just temperature of the drive which can vary per make > and model of drive and is not indicative of multiple > regions on a drive like the logic IC or motor controller. You are certainly right. But bad measurement set-up is pretty common, unfortunately. Arno
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Subject: Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up
Date: 7 Apr 2009 21:51:48 GMT
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