It's never been played. Don't even look at it.

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

Got a hard drive on the bench. Hanging out the side of this very workstation. 40 GB IBM DeathStar. Couple of years old at most.

*ka-chunk-CLUNK*... Oh, it's saying hello. Well, good evening, you unreliable piece of shit. Bearings, servo, electronics, everything is half dead on this thing. I can actually hear the speed of the whiny spindle motor fluctuating. That can't be good.

It's been tapped, shaken, de-boarded, blown, sucked, re-boarded, put in the fridge for a bit and dropped 6 inches onto a static mat. W00t, I can finally mount it... at least for 10 minutes or so, then it mysteriously vanishes and needs to be power cycled (and occasionally whacked) repeatedly

Sometimes I think I go waaaay too far for the lusers.

Update: It finally decided to stay up for an hour or so. I actually got the data off that thing.

Comments

[chaobell]

The other tech and I just had a good and much-needed laugh at this.

[jungessio.livejournal.com]

The best thing to do with a higher RPM drive that's gone bad is to power it up and shake it hard against the gyroscopic effect until the platters shatter. Makes a really nice and satisfying sound if done properly. :")

[terata.livejournal.com]

I lost 5 years of email to one of those deathstar bitches... I was not... pleased..

[twitchfetish.livejournal.com]

you obviously got one of the crappy IBM drives (made by Hitachi or Fujitsu) that had a habit of shitting themselves on a frequent basis...

lucky you :)

IV

[warsawpact.livejournal.com]

lol destroying faulty hardware in creative ways is there anything more rewarding? probably but fun anyway mwahaha.

[mtmtmt.livejournal.com]

"Oh, it's saying hello. Well, good evening, you unreliable piece of shit."


lmao.