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Replied to another thread and got thinking:
Got a 486 DX2 66 board and cpu from some retiring electronics guy, was in an open barrel at the side of the workshop outside for 20 years, fired up and works fine still.
Dropped an 1155 motherboard with thermalright Ultra 120 still attached down a flight of about 15 stairs, not a lost cap or bent heatpipe! worked fine.
Dropped a glass of diet coke down my HAF XB, had dual Radeon 6970s at the time and a high end ivy bridge or Sandybridge, can't remember. Shorted out and went dead, dried everything and tried the next day, nothing was lost!
Dropped a 1tb 2.5" WD Blue on the floor about 4 feet (laminate) about 2 years ago, was for a client but i replaced it with a new one and kept it for myself. Stuck it in a pc and tested the hell out of it, came back clean. Stuck it in my ps3 and still going strong.
Dropped a 150GB WD raptor X and the plex cracked, not right through. Tested it a few months back and not a bad sector in sight.
My late dad left a bunch of about 20 2tb hdds outside, not in bags and uncovered, got rained on etc.. he needed space on the table and knew nothing about pc hardware. 16 still work in a Freenas NAS after about 7yrs-ish? The other 4 are around somewhere and still work afaik.
Got a 486 DX2 66 board and cpu from some retiring electronics guy, was in an open barrel at the side of the workshop outside for 20 years, fired up and works fine still.
Dropped an 1155 motherboard with thermalright Ultra 120 still attached down a flight of about 15 stairs, not a lost cap or bent heatpipe! worked fine.
Dropped a glass of diet coke down my HAF XB, had dual Radeon 6970s at the time and a high end ivy bridge or Sandybridge, can't remember. Shorted out and went dead, dried everything and tried the next day, nothing was lost!
Dropped a 1tb 2.5" WD Blue on the floor about 4 feet (laminate) about 2 years ago, was for a client but i replaced it with a new one and kept it for myself. Stuck it in a pc and tested the hell out of it, came back clean. Stuck it in my ps3 and still going strong.
Dropped a 150GB WD raptor X and the plex cracked, not right through. Tested it a few months back and not a bad sector in sight.
My late dad left a bunch of about 20 2tb hdds outside, not in bags and uncovered, got rained on etc.. he needed space on the table and knew nothing about pc hardware. 16 still work in a Freenas NAS after about 7yrs-ish? The other 4 are around somewhere and still work afaik.
