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Jomanscool2
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So for a while I have had a 500GB WDC Blue drive (WD5000AAKS) in a Vantec Nexstar 3 eSata enclosure connected to my macbook pro via a rosewill esata card, that has in the last months caused a lot of crashes in my computer. I googled for a new esata card, and the one I found seemed have issues with SATA 3.0Gbps drives on a certain esata enclosure chipset (which this drive enclosure sometimes uses). So I open the Vantec up, see that is is the problematic chipset, and remove to drive to see if I can set a jumper to make it work with the card I might be getting.
However, as I turn the drive over, I notice something a little bit strange (to say the least!). It appears that my hard drive appears to have MELTED on the bottom side. I can't imagine it came like this. The plastic fades from a smooth shiny black in the centers to a bubbly matte black near the support beams (or what ever they may be).
I just want to post here to confirm that drives don't come like this. I've built my fare share of computers, but I can't say I have ever examined the bottom of a hard drive.
To give u an idea of the enclosure. I had it vertically standing behind my computer monitor/speakers (on the flat side). Only thing within a foot of it generating heat is a IOGear KVM. My room is RARELY above 80.
I have been getting these freezes mostly in the last 3-4 months. I suspect that this drive overheating is the cause, and not the esata card/enclosure. If it is the drive overheating, I need a new enclosure it seems! Or just mount some grommets on the bottom of the tray from the enclosure and let it rest in the open air when I get a replacement from WD (hopefully!).
However, as I turn the drive over, I notice something a little bit strange (to say the least!). It appears that my hard drive appears to have MELTED on the bottom side. I can't imagine it came like this. The plastic fades from a smooth shiny black in the centers to a bubbly matte black near the support beams (or what ever they may be).
I just want to post here to confirm that drives don't come like this. I've built my fare share of computers, but I can't say I have ever examined the bottom of a hard drive.
To give u an idea of the enclosure. I had it vertically standing behind my computer monitor/speakers (on the flat side). Only thing within a foot of it generating heat is a IOGear KVM. My room is RARELY above 80.
I have been getting these freezes mostly in the last 3-4 months. I suspect that this drive overheating is the cause, and not the esata card/enclosure. If it is the drive overheating, I need a new enclosure it seems! Or just mount some grommets on the bottom of the tray from the enclosure and let it rest in the open air when I get a replacement from WD (hopefully!).