> I've assumed (without any real data) that the clicking was > due to breaking of the wires on the ribbon cable to the > heads from the flexing. I didn't think that electronics > would die.
The "click of death" is caused whenever the head crashes slowly and gently into the platter and pounces back up... that's why in "worst case scenarios" you get "click... click... click... GRIND". -- Jason Faulkner ------------------------ OldOs.org Owner/Admin / http://oldos.org / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Certified INGOTS Gold Assessor Trainer / http://www.theingots.org ------------------------ OpenOffice.org Marketing Volunteer / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
