Actuator
Item
Title
Actuator
Description
Silver, rounded, magnetic piece of metal
Function
Assists in controlling movement of the read-write arm when reading or writing data on hard drive platters.
Other Markings
GA2
Manufacturer
Western Digital
Evidence
Identified based on diagrams both here: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/harddrive.html
and in a patent here:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/08/7d/91/94009672a2669d/US6687073.pdf
and in a patent here:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/08/7d/91/94009672a2669d/US6687073.pdf
Sources
Curator
Bianca Dust
- Item sets
- Hard Drive