Oh I've killed some, but only due to power sags and surges, being dropped or being re-wired.
None through reaching the natural end of life of the product.
Mine all just died. I guess it's possible it was power surge or something but they still powered up just didn't work. Tried all sorts of crap trying to restore (before I took backups you see?) and eventually gave up. Got a replacement under warranty from IBM or whoever took them over (Hitachi?) but never trusted the thing from then on as I'd killed two of the same model at different times.
Mine all just died. I guess it's possible it was power surge or something but they still powered up just didn't work. Tried all sorts of crap trying to restore (before I took backups you see?) and eventually gave up. Got a replacement under warranty from IBM or whoever took them over (Hitachi?) but never trusted the thing from then on as I'd killed two of the same model at different times.