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Don't recall if this was a deathstar but it certainly clicked. Warning, loud!

I associate click of death with IOMega drives

I have a deathstar in the basement. It was working last time I placed it in its cardboard grave of obsolescence. Who knows what would happen if I powered it up today?

I don't really know what to do with all my old hard drives. I love SSDs because they don't vibrate and make noise.

hehe just tried a 10y+ HDD of mine. put on PATA-USB adaptor *bam* works! the noise is somewhat unsettling thou, maybe that i am just not used to it anymore.

i REALLY wonder if a SSD would still work after lying unpowered for ten years, they are made of capacitors after all ...