Cooling would help with a case of "sticktion" where the heads are stuck to the platters and are preventing the platters from spinning. If this does happen, quickly get the data off as the drive's platters and integrity are compromised.
Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RichK Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Cooling a Hard Drive I'm not sure when it started, or what type of failure it was supposed to temp cure. Since a HD is a mix of mechanical and electrical (and magntic) devices, the failure mode can by in any of these. Freezeing will cool all the components and reduce resistance, thus improving conductance. It may allow for a few seconds of operation of a drive, where some electronic component was overheating. It may also allow more current to flow in the motor coils and possibly give it a bit more force. I've never had to resort to this. Rich -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
