[ale] OT: HW failure

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:

> I'm not an engineer, but I suspect that squirrelly hardware on the other 
> end of the ribbon cable can encourage a hard drive to self-destruct. I 
> have to wonder if such a mechanism doesn't explain some of the horror 
> stories concerning multiple serial drive failures? 

I do as well.  I just helped a friend replace a drive for the second 
time in a box that he's had for about 2 years.

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