> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Polisher > > Paul English wrote: > > Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've heard numerous complaints from people about newegg hard drive > > > packing practice. People complain about bubble wrap instead of official > > > hard drive packing materials, but I don't have any philosophical > > > objections > > > to bubble wrap as long as the bubble wrap is thick and well secured, etc. > > > Recently, I ordered 3 drives. They arrived with a single layer of bubble > > > wrap (not taped or anything). Some of the bubbles were popped. One > drive > > > works, and the other 2 were DOA. > > So, this bubble-wrap of which you speak, is it pink (dissipates > static)? Mechanical protection isn't the only issue. If the > vendor repackages bulk-packed hard drives, ESD (electro-static > discharge) precautions would be key because the drive head > assemblies are among the most ESD-sensitive components > encountered in a server. This could show up as outright DOA > units, but could also degrade the signal-to-noise ratio > coming off the heads with associated un-correctable errors.
No, it's not pink - it's not any kind of special antistatic bubble wrap as far as I know, but, the drive itself is in an antistatic bag, which is then wrapped in bubble wrap. I would presume that's sufficient, right? _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
