Life of hard drive

lawrencep93 · 18th September 2009, 1:40 AM

I was wondering what would the life of a hard drive be like if it is subjected to the vibrations from a large sub woofer I have my sub about 70cm away from my PC and also have 2 external hard drives on the ground with the music going everything shakes so could this kill my hard drives

I have (all 1TB)
external: Samsung green 5200rev HD103SI in a laice case(newest one bought from office works)
WD green EACS-00D6B0 in an Astone case(the oldest of my hard drives bought in 2008)
in side my computer case (thermaltake full armor+)
WD green EAVS-00D7B1
Seagate 7200.11 ST310003 33AS

rowan194 · 18th September 2009, 3:18 AM

I've heard of "all electronic" DJs having problems with stuttering when they're in a club. If you're also WRITING as well as reading when there's serious vibration / short term shock you may run into some issues...

Dezza Bot · 18th September 2009, 9:45 AM

Mount the drive on bubble wrap or shipping foam. Won't stop everything, but hopefully it'll help.

zerassar · 18th September 2009, 12:19 PM

could also use those rubber brackets that fit a 3.5" drive into a 5.25"Device Bay.

Huge chunky wads of rubber should help reduce the vibrations.
Could also put something that absorbs sound between the sub and pc.

Though I rkn the rubber is your best bet

lawrencep93 · 18th September 2009, 3:31 PM

The sub is under the bed so its mainly when the floor vibrates. They are not huge vibrations like when a DJ is at a club with a massive sub woofer, Just an 8-inch logitech z2300 sub at around 1/2-3/4 volume 2 hours a day. If I feel the external hard drives they are not huge vibrations, but u can still feel it.

zerassar · 18th September 2009, 4:21 PM

Prop the cases up on foam feet or a bedding of some kind.

Other than that all you can do is encase them in foam but be careful of heat problems that could arise.

ServerGuy · 21st September 2009, 4:52 PM

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18th September 2009, 1:40 AM	#1
lawrencep93 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melborne, VIC Posts: 1,340	Life of hard drive I was wondering what would the life of a hard drive be like if it is subjected to the vibrations from a large sub woofer I have my sub about 70cm away from my PC and also have 2 external hard drives on the ground with the music going everything shakes so could this kill my hard drives I have (all 1TB) external: Samsung green 5200rev HD103SI in a laice case(newest one bought from office works) WD green EACS-00D6B0 in an Astone case(the oldest of my hard drives bought in 2008) in side my computer case (thermaltake full armor+) WD green EAVS-00D7B1 Seagate 7200.11 ST310003 33AS __________________ i7 920@2.8GHz,Nvidia 285GTX , 6GB 1333MHz G-skill ram, Asus P6T Deluxe,Twin Samsung 2233SW LCD, 850W CM PSU, Thermaltake Full Armor+, Sony sata DVD/CD burner, Intel x25-M 160Gb G2 SSD, and around 24TB of HDD space. Flashing CCFL lights and LEDS on a light sensor.

18th September 2009, 9:45 AM	#3
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18th September 2009, 12:19 PM	#4
zerassar Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 347	could also use those rubber brackets that fit a 3.5" drive into a 5.25"Device Bay. Huge chunky wads of rubber should help reduce the vibrations. Could also put something that absorbs sound between the sub and pc. Though I rkn the rubber is your best bet __________________ Fluent in multiple Operating Systems. Does not give in to fanboy complex. At midnight during a product launch I will be happily home asleep in my bed like normal people do.

18th September 2009, 3:31 PM	#5
lawrencep93 Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melborne, VIC Posts: 1,340	The sub is under the bed so its mainly when the floor vibrates. They are not huge vibrations like when a DJ is at a club with a massive sub woofer, Just an 8-inch logitech z2300 sub at around 1/2-3/4 volume 2 hours a day. If I feel the external hard drives they are not huge vibrations, but u can still feel it. __________________ i7 920@2.8GHz,Nvidia 285GTX , 6GB 1333MHz G-skill ram, Asus P6T Deluxe,Twin Samsung 2233SW LCD, 850W CM PSU, Thermaltake Full Armor+, Sony sata DVD/CD burner, Intel x25-M 160Gb G2 SSD, and around 24TB of HDD space. Flashing CCFL lights and LEDS on a light sensor.

18th September 2009, 4:21 PM	#6
zerassar Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 347	Prop the cases up on foam feet or a bedding of some kind. Other than that all you can do is encase them in foam but be careful of heat problems that could arise. __________________ Fluent in multiple Operating Systems. Does not give in to fanboy complex. At midnight during a product launch I will be happily home asleep in my bed like normal people do.

18th September 2009, 3:18 AM	#2
rowan194 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,877	I've heard of "all electronic" DJs having problems with stuttering when they're in a club. If you're also WRITING as well as reading when there's serious vibration / short term shock you may run into some issues...

21st September 2009, 4:52 PM	#7
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