Today I disassemble a 750gb Barracuda ES series hard drive. This particular model has 16mb of cache and spins at 7200RPM, and is built very very well. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEGH9cZD7Xs
Today I disassemble a 1TB RE3 series server drive from WD. It's built quite well, incorporating features not seen on consumer grade drives.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGf4D3-Pfio
A VR supermarket 25 years ahead of its time, this French CD FMV video depicts a Virtuality system being used for shopping in the digiverse.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9FzWECe2Ys
Today I check out some Seagate drives from their Constellation.2 series to see if they'd be viable for my NAS applications. I would recommend these drives - they can be picked up in 500GB to 2tb capacities on ebay for $10-30 depending on capacity. They're quite fast despite their small size, competing with full 3.5" drives from their era.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeAWDZ5oC2M
Today I disassemble another failed hard drive, a 1 terabyte Toshiba unit with cost saving in mind. Its construction is not the most robust that I have seen, and it is definitely designed to be as cost-effective as possible.
3:05 click of death demonstration (the fun part)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B3ULO9cNrY
Today I return to my teacher's water damaged laptop to see what else I can do. I'm considering purchasing a new board and fixing it, they are not terribly expensive. I have 2 A1278s with the same failure - perhaps I need to order two boards?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnaHusuqwfU
Today I play a game I fully expected to be absolutely terrible. However, I came to the immediate conclusion it was pretty good - then proceeded to play it for several more hours.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwqisyjyjU