Hard drive has tin foil taped to it - All In One computer

[ACETech]

This All In One (AiO) computer had a hard drive failure. The hard drive has tin foil wrapped around it. It is sticky on one side and I had to peel away to get it to fit in my carrier for testing.

What’s the reason for this from the manufacturer or this could be a refurbished unit.

Thanks. Darryl

[ERmorel]

Hello,

AFAIK, Non of the WD Drives comes wrapped in tin foil. Sound like the manufacturer of the computer did some work on that unit.

[DavidSucesso]

that is enought to kill the hard drive

where is the heat gonna dissipate?’ that is serious stupid work

[ACETech]

agreed;
since foil can be used as a anti-static bag; i’m wondering if they thought the computer (a all in one) was ‘shocking’ the drive and therefore tin foil wrapped the drive; i mean this stuff is one side sticky that is professionally put on with cutouts and everything…
amazing…

[beLIEve]

I think it’s meant to protect the PCB from accidental shorting. Heat should be able to dissipate through the foil.

[DavidSucesso]

okay if you say so… didnt know that

i would prefer to not protect the PCB and not subject the drive to this madness… all my wd drives work fine and dont need this

but i think its impossible to have the same temperature on PCB with or without that thin foil so it should in theory be avoided