I've been going thru some old hard drives and chucking out the knackered ones. Came across two WD drives that failed in an odd way.
#1 - The studs holding the magnet in place have somehow broken:
#2 - Total carnage!
there's a few more of the 2nd here: http://108.59.254.117/~mR_Slug/projects/hdd_fail/
I pulled up the top platter and it came off like you'd pop those components out of the plastic for an air-fix model. It seems each head held on to the head assembly until it had dug nearly halfway through the platter.
I also found some IBM re-branded 36GB drives that state their 15K. IBM PN: 06P5332, actual PN: Seagate ST336605LC. According to Seagate's datasheet these are 10K drives. Not sure if this is a mistake or some under-handed practice.
#1 - The studs holding the magnet in place have somehow broken:
#2 - Total carnage!
there's a few more of the 2nd here: http://108.59.254.117/~mR_Slug/projects/hdd_fail/
I pulled up the top platter and it came off like you'd pop those components out of the plastic for an air-fix model. It seems each head held on to the head assembly until it had dug nearly halfway through the platter.
I also found some IBM re-branded 36GB drives that state their 15K. IBM PN: 06P5332, actual PN: Seagate ST336605LC. According to Seagate's datasheet these are 10K drives. Not sure if this is a mistake or some under-handed practice.