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Article #70Re: 500 GB WD My Book external H/D suddenly not wanting to fire up
From: Centre Parting
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:11
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:11
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kony 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. Agreed. But that has no bearing on the issue of humidity under a/c. > Similarly, there should have been mention of power supply > failures and electrical surges, as these also pose risk to > powered parts. Indeed. 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. As I said, it was hardly a scientific study.
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