Silencing hard drives, optical drives and other storage devices
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ACook
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by ACook » Fri May 18, 2007 9:18 pm
I've got a few cases standing around, and 2 have a big ass pc speaker with a strong magnet right in the middle of the bottom front space where I'd like to make some floating hd setup.
Do those magnets play nice with a hd, or should I just remove the buggers?
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Das_Saunamies
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by Das_Saunamies » Fri May 18, 2007 9:35 pm
Magnets never play nice.
Most HDDs are now well-shielded, even against magnets, and a stationary drive might not get damaged much by a magnet mounted vertically to the drive, but why take the risk.
I'm thinking this is an old Compaq case where there's an actual speaker, not just a beeper?
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ACook
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by ACook » Fri May 18, 2007 10:04 pm
nop. one is a big aopen case, and another a big server case, no id what make.
the server case one is plugged in and does make quite a loud beep, not like the more short beeps on one of my other boards.
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Mr Evil
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by Mr Evil » Sat May 19, 2007 5:28 am
Those magnets are far too weak to do anything to a hard drive.
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Das_Saunamies
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by Das_Saunamies » Sat May 19, 2007 9:18 am
If it's just a tiny one like that... yea.
In the Compaq cases for the old Deskpro series(?) the speaker's about the size of a small fist.