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no-mbr
03-10-2003, 10:37 AM
Has anyone ever had a Hard drive make a little "snap-pop" sound and then just lockup and die?

I have a 5 year old WD36400 6.4gig just fail. No spin up, drive motor seized and smelling "hot".....

Just wanted to know if anyone else has seen this type of failure...?

Thnaks.

mjc
03-10-2003, 11:17 AM
No, I haven't had that kind of failure, but it sounds like either the motor or the bearings...