I had an interesting drive failure recently. It was a Quantum Fireball 10gb that I got 2nd had as a pull from an iMac. I had been using it in a Umax C600 for several months and the other day it just quit. It wouldn't spin up although the green light did come on. Looking at the circuit board side of the drive, there are some rectangular chips with a row of many connectors on each side. On one of these chips there is a spot that appears burnt, and about 3 or 4 of the connectors that also appear burnt. Has anyone seen a similar failure? I'm hoping it doesn't imply anything about the computer being at fault. Is it possible to just replace the circuit board on a dead drive? If I took the drive apart would the insides make good Xmas tree decorations?
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