Had to have one cooling fan replaced about a year ago when an "equipment failure" shut me down. Big relief!!
Jack --- On Sun, 1/23/11, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Cotty <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: I'm going to cry now... I STOPPED CRYING :_) > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 1:51 AM > Ann, > > It would appear that the design of the hard drive enclosure > is poor, not > allowing enough air circulating inside - this leads to > overheating, and > when metal components get hot, they expand. With small and > critical > tolerances, this leads to early failure. > > If you want to continue using the drive in the short term, > find the air > vent holes (I think they are in the base on this one) and > orientate the > device so those holes are pointing straight up. Keep it > cool - maybe > next to a window. Retrieve your data. > > It could well be that the hard drive inside will continue > to function > perfectly normally inside a different enclosure, or better > yet, in a > drive dock like Paul has and recommended. But don't bank on > it. > > Whatever hard drive you have, it is a pretty good idea to > have two of > them (not necessarily by the same manufacturer!) and use > one as your > main external drive, and the other purely as a duplicate > safety backup. > That way, you will always have a failsafe copy of all your > data. > > Hope this helps and best of luck (and a hug!) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | > People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
