[quote]Originally posted by freddy:
<strong> a "chip" has exploded (burnt out) ,,,,,both h/drives used in different machines 3 months between failures,,,,,faulty batch of drives? ,,,,or just bad design?
freddy</strong><hr></blockquote>

Exploded chips - most likely it was the problem with power supply. Both the drives have fried chips?
Then may be these drives still have good mechanics.