Problem with top cover seal on hard drive

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Problem with top cover seal on hard drive

20 July 2008, 11:13pm

3 seals visible - the middle one is not quite right

Top: normal seal. Bottom: suspect seal.

I noticed something unusual when I was shifting HDs around for better air circulation - all of the drives have their seal looking neat and perfect, except for one. At first I thought it was dust, but when you look at it closely it's obvious that it's imperfections in the seal. Kind of worrying. Perhaps this will be the next drive to fail...