I just started tearing down some of my large pile of hard drives and decided to open one of the old large 5 pounders to see what was in them. There are three nice 5 inch? platters and a 7 ounce hard drive logic board. The good surprise was on the side of the reader. These pretties were on the thin ribbon cable there. They are about 1/2 inch long. I'm wondering if the leads going from them are solid gold wire? Anyone have any idea? Even if it's plated, they are sweet. The other two in the picture were from another drive. The third drive I broke down had regular plastic IC's in the same position. Now I have to tear down all the old ones to see if there are more hidden treasures!
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