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| Thread ID: 82473 | 2007-08-28 10:42:00 | HDD enclosures. Question and Suggestions. | CCF (6760) | Press F1 |
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| 585673 | 2007-08-28 10:42:00 | Hi there I was just wondering, enclosures these days are often designed to stand up-right, however have the new HDDs been made that way as well? The reason why I'm asking this is that, just recently I went out and brought a generic enclosure for my HDD. After mucking around with it, I came to the conclusion that in order to have my HDD operating safely inside the enclosure (eg no rattling due to outside vibs), I MUST have the enclosure sitting up right on its side, not flat on its belly. From my personal experience (i dont know if its just bad luck..) I've not had a single HDD standing up right that operated with no problems. I always had to place the HDD back, flat on its belly, to have it operating with no problems. So I guess what I want to ask is that, how many of you guys out there have your external HDD standing up right and how many of you guys feel 'safe' to have the HDD standing up right? Ps to all those that have a CoolerMaster X350 enclosure, if you have it sitting flat on your desk, does it rattle if it experience some external shocks? Many thanks :) |
CCF (6760) | ||
| 585674 | 2007-08-28 21:07:00 | I have had HDDs at all sorts of ramdom angles, never seems to be a problem. I don't see why it being in an enclosure should make any difference to that. Mounting HDDs vertically in a case is common practice in dells, packard bells etc. I havn't owned an enclosure of that model, so can't coment on the vibration sorry. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 585675 | 2007-08-28 21:25:00 | Like wise, I have several HDD enclosures, and they run perfectly well in any angle, or position. What I'd be more concerned about is your Comment [quote] (eg no rattling due to outside vibs) You shouldn't have any vibrations around electronic components at any time - Not good for them. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 585676 | 2007-08-28 22:43:00 | I am the same as ^ them two ^ I run my HDDs sitting on the desk standing up length ways... anyway you can think of... I just do not move them or hit the desk etc while they are running... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 585677 | 2007-08-28 23:01:00 | I had a Seagate external harddrive which was placed on all sides and it worked fine. It also sustained being dropped off the desk multiple times while in use and never had any problems with it. Maybe my good luck! |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 585678 | 2007-08-28 23:14:00 | No maybe about it, if you get too casual about any hard drive you have to have a backup somewhere. Hard drives keep a record of the maximum operating temperature. It would be interesting to see a similar record of G shocks. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 585679 | 2007-08-29 00:43:00 | I had a Seagate ................dropped off the desk multiple times while in use and never had any problems with it. Read the front cover on one - it says warranty void if in excess of 350g's. What is 350g's? Dropped off the roof? Likewise, they survive well, not bothered about being sideways, upright, upsaide down, whatever. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 585680 | 2007-08-29 01:47:00 | What is 350g's? Dropped off the roof? :eek: Oh SH*T - SLPATTTTTTTTTTT :lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 585681 | 2007-08-29 01:50:00 | Only down south when there's snow on the ground. WD say 200G is 1/2 an inch onto a Formica table (Page 20) www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001027.pdf |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 585682 | 2007-08-29 03:29:00 | Same as everyone else with the harddrives no worries with mine.:) With the case just put 2 x mags under the front feet and 2 x mags under the rear case feet helps stop resonance/vibration transferred from case to desk/table.:thumbs: |
memphis (2869) | ||
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