Mine was a first generation one and as it was dying the first articles popped up about how bad they and the following generation were failing. Didn’t bother with warranty… wasn’t fond of gambling with the failure rates. Irony was that I named the drive Deathstar when I got it (I have the long standing tradition naming my drives after space ships).
Gonna remember that for the next drive failure. Isn’t condensation a problem with that trick?
I don’t think it goes that deep, but in the iron druid series if enough people believe in it, it exists (yes even a marvel version of thor). Quite entertaining read, but I might be biased by the telepathically talking irish wolfhound (which loves to throw in movie references).