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System Name | Black Panther |
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Processor | i9 9900k |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
Case | NZXT H710i Black |
Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
Keyboard | Motospeed |
Software | Windows 10 |
Long months ago my Lacie external drive 'died' by refusing to start spinning.
It was just out of warranty - and I had some good old family photos on it which I didn't want to lose. So I spun it around like a frisbee, jerked the power cord in and out, and after like 30 minutes of monkeying around it started spinning again, allowing me to retreive the photos.
After I turned it off, it didn't spin again.
Occasionally when I remembered, I tried the same antics above. But the drive never spun again.
Today I thought I'd try something more extreme. After all, for me the drive was just a paperweight.
So I put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
When I powered it up afterwards, it didn't work.
So I took my hair-dryer and blasted it on full heat at the drive. It got really hot..
Powered up the drive, and it started spinning.
I'm curious to know what's the deal here - what's wrong with this drive that a shock between very cold and very hot temperatures made it work again?
When it works it does so smoothly. Barely audible, no clicking..
It was just out of warranty - and I had some good old family photos on it which I didn't want to lose. So I spun it around like a frisbee, jerked the power cord in and out, and after like 30 minutes of monkeying around it started spinning again, allowing me to retreive the photos.
After I turned it off, it didn't spin again.
Occasionally when I remembered, I tried the same antics above. But the drive never spun again.
Today I thought I'd try something more extreme. After all, for me the drive was just a paperweight.
So I put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
When I powered it up afterwards, it didn't work.
So I took my hair-dryer and blasted it on full heat at the drive. It got really hot..
Powered up the drive, and it started spinning.
I'm curious to know what's the deal here - what's wrong with this drive that a shock between very cold and very hot temperatures made it work again?
When it works it does so smoothly. Barely audible, no clicking..