Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 - heat damage?

[Nick_CT]

I haven't had many old Maxtors come in. Got a 60GB in today that was sounding really rough as it spun up, heads hitting the limiter.

Turns out the platter is in a very bad way. The filter if full of ex-platter dust. I've not seen a platter in this state before. Heat damage from ongoing head contact?

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[CK]

Common on these models in my experience. Head crash and left powered on for some time.

[Nick_CT]

Thought as much

[BlackST]

Or drive crashed overnight and left unattended...