HD reliability of the electronic part is at least one order of magnitude be=
tter than mechanical part. So, a litle degradation of the life expectancy o=
f the electronic is still way ahead of the life expectancy of the mechanica=
l.

Just my $0.02
Jean-Paul
AC9GH



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From: veegee <veegee@veegee.org>=20
Date:2014/04/30  7:56 PM  (GMT-05:00)=20
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>=20
Subject: Re: [EE]:: Hard drive reliability=20

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Bob Axtell <engineer@cotse.net> wrote:

> I am astonished, actually. Flies into the face of MY experience, big-time=
..
> Heat KILLS electronics. Period.
>

But is it the electronics that fail, or some mechanical part of the drive?
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