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It just seems strange that there needs to be an orange widget to act as a "landing zone" at all. Why not park the heads hanging in free space? Ostensibly the p
by atap 11y ago
It just seems strange that there needs to be an orange widget to act as a "landing zone" at all.
Why not park the heads hanging in free space? Ostensibly the plastic widget is probably a guide rail to prevent head crashes, when the head unparks onto a platter spinning at full speed?
- miahi 11y agoThe heads (the one above and the one below the platter) would crash into each other if there is nothing to keep them apart, and then you could not put them back on the platter.
- rzzzt 11y agoThere's a short whitepaper published by HGST (now part of Western Digital) which discusses the history and benefits of the ramp load-unload mechanism [1]. [1] http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/9076679E3EE4003E86256FAB005825FB http://www.hgst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/9076679E3EE400...