(Todd H.) wrote in message ...
"justme" writes:

Don't believe it. Software doesn't break hardware.

I've seen (poorly designed) sytems that could be damanged with
firmware programed to invoke hardware states that a hardware guy
didn't plan for....

Many thanks for all the informative replies.

The poster claims that the WD hard drive is an April 2001 model in
which "You need to take apart the printed circuit board in order to
access the EEPROM of the controller".

Does that answer your point, Philo, that "the harddrive controller is
normally exposed to the environment" or is that something completely
different?

John