Bad Hard Drive

[James Knott]

Peter Hiscocks wrote:
> The hard drive on my wife's Windows machine recently blew up (literally).
> There is now an integrated circuit on the controller board with a small
> crater and evidence of flame damage in one corner.
> 
> When I got the machine repaired at OTA, the service tech said something
> about this type of drive being prone to such behaviour and that they had
> replaced a number of them, so you if you have one you might want to be
> proactive about replacing it. This is what it says on the cover:
> 
> Quantum Fireball lct N143, 10 3.5".
> 10.2AT P/N LB10A011 Rev 01-A.
> 
> Dunno the size, probably 10.2 gigs I would guess from the part number.
> 
> Peter

Well, at least you know why they call it a "Fireball".  ;-)

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