Re: Ebuyer Hard Drives

Dave wrote:
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Paul Womar wrote:


I'm happy with it surrounded by foam, I'm not happy when it comes in a
box with just 2 bits of flimsy plastic supposedly holding it away from
the edges, i really hope this isn't the thing you say manufacturers are
now reccomending.

Yes, I believe the plastic things are now recommended by most manufacturers, rather than foam. See http://support.wdc.com/warranty/rmapacking.asp?custtype=end .

lol - "do not use chipboard"


Recently I have got them through sandwiched between two 20mm bits of polystyrene, they used to be packed much better.


IIUC, the mass of the heads has been reducing year on year. It was that mass, on the end of a thin cantilever, that limited the g force that could be withstood before permanent deformation took place. Plus, of course, that earlier drives didn't self-park - so the head could come into contact with the surface even when unpowered.

It used to be enough, for even a parked unpowered drive, to place the drive on one edge and allow it to fall flat onto a hard surface. Recently, these things happen, I knocked a drive off a bench to fall a metre or so onto a (hard) rubber anti-static mat. It passed the full manufacturer's expanded diagnostic tests, with no errors..

But I agree, hard polystyrene is not a good idea. Bubblewrap, OTOH.. ;)

I have seen more drives dead electrically (possibly static, possibly incorrect power connection/removal) than dead mechanically - swapping the pec for a good one bringing the drive back to life..

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Sue









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