maximum maytag mode

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maximum maytag mode - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  maximum Maytag mode
  
     <storage, humour> (From the US brand of washing machine) What
     a washing machine or, by extension, any hard disk is in
     when it's being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old
     Maytag with an unbalanced load.  If prolonged for any length
     of time, can lead to disks becoming walking drives.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1997-07-22)
  

maximum maytag mode - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  maximum Maytag mode
   n.
  
     What a washing machine or, by extension, any disk drive is in when
     it's being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old Maytag with
     an unbalanced load. If prolonged for any length of time, can lead to
     disks becoming walking drives. In 1999 it's been some years since
     hard disks were large enough to do this, but the same phenomenon has
     recently been reported with 24X CD-ROM drives.