Vog Affects Macs?

Maybe it wasn’t HFMD after all. Maybe it’s the prolonged exposure to vog that did my iMac in (again). This time, I’m took it to the Apple Store since it’s still under warranty and twice in a week is indicative of a serious problem.

The Genius at the Apple Store Ala Moana thinks my internal (Western Digital) drive is failing. That’s why the intermittent problems. If so, this is the second WD drive I’ve had fail on me over the years. These are the only two drive failures I’ve personally encountered. Gotta start wondering about the reliability and lifespan of Western Digital drives.

On the other hand, this problem could be attributed to internal heat issues in Intel iMacs. My first problem was faulty RAM where some say the memory fails due to overheating. Wonder if this is true for my internal drive?

Since a replacement drive isn’t in stock and with a backlog of service repairs, my iMac could be out of commission for almost two weeks!