Warranty Length Not Related To Drive Life?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ron Reaugh
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Common phenomenon with electronics of any kind--a high rate of "infant
mortality" in the first few months of operation, then a relatively low
failure rate until pieces start dying of old age.
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Nice theory, but, hard drives have a mechanical component, too. Anybody
got numbers on what dies first/most often?
 
Tom said:
Nice theory, but, hard drives have a mechanical component, too. Anybody
got numbers on what dies first/most often?
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It's not "theory", it's practical experience. What difference does it make
whether the failure is in a mechanical component or a part of a circuit?
 
Not really. Spun up a pair of 380MB ESDI drives last night. Anyone
remember them? Seem fine, once the grease warmed up a bit and got
spread around a little :)
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Still using a pair of 330MB's - 1 FH and 1 HH - in a DOS/WFWG311 system.
Used once per week only though. Manufacturing date was either 1989 or 1991

Kev
 
Remember ESDI, blimey, yup.. used to use 150MB ESDI drives many years ago.
And going back further... 20MB MFM and RLL drives.

Anyone remember the old AT&T 3B15 150MB drives... you know the ones that
were 3ft long and had disc brakes in them?

Mark
 
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