chenguo4 said:
Squilliam said:
GameAnalyser said:
Actually HDDs are subject to failures due to various factors and so are other H/W components. So as Squillam meant no offense, it's true all Electronic components carry an eventual 100% failure tag. The time can vary upon nature of use, manufacturing defect or any other factors that induce wear and tear. |
Actually, if you put 100 PS3s, 100 Wiis and 100 Xbox 360s in a time capsule for 100 years I can be 100% sure that 100% of the PS3s will not work. 
The Xbox 360s and Wiis at least have a chance to be working...
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Mechanical parts need to be moving to wear down. If they're in a capsule with no power nothing'd be moving, hence no wearing down.
FYI, flash also fails eventually. It just typically takes longer than HDDs.
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They also need to be moving to not sieze up! Oh and the 'bits/bytes' on the HDD also degrade with time as well.
