On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:02:36AM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
But because some of these parts sit unused until startup they sit technically faulty but working well until the next time you try and turn them on.
Thanks for those explanations, it probably explains why I saw quite a few netgear psu's fail after power cycling them given they didn't have enough time to cool down before they were powered up again to suffer from thermal expansion problems. I have also known disks to fail when they've been moved from one data center to another, I believe this is to do with lubricants that are only needed to help spin the disk up going bad over time and if you let the disk get cold then the bearings shrink and the motor can't get the disk spinning again (or something)?
Adam