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Bumped my case

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Biddle

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Long story short, I was fumbling around the back of my case trying to plug in a mic, and my knee accidentally hit the side of the case, lifting the edge about a centimeter off the ground and then coming back down. I'm super paranoid about this kind of thing because I've already had one HD die on me last summer. Should I be worried that somehow the impact could have damaged my HD? :(

It's a Western Digital 120GB SE. I already ran the Western Digital diagnostic software, and it didn't report any problems. The HD wasn't spinning up or anything, and I wasn't loading anything... I was just sitting at my desktop. (If that matters)

Thanks. :(
 
my computer sometimes rattles when it boots, so I hit it and it stops :p
It works fine for me! heh
 
I wouldn't worry. Hard drives do have a shock rating. I had my wife pick my PC up and throw it 15 feet.
Well, I didn't HAVE her do it. She did that on her own.
 
i work in the IT dept at a small college
with one of the lappys we got back for the return on the no fault warenty
it had been dropped off of the roof of the science building... 48 feet onto lawnside while on
nedless to say it was very gone

out of boredom i pulled out the HD,
ibm 4gb
WORKED FINE....
droped it into an enclosure and its worked fine ever since

a HD can take a very large impact and work fine
over 200G

small bumps wont do anything to it
 
tmarshall said:
I wouldn't worry. Hard drives do have a shock rating. I had my wife pick my PC up and throw it 15 feet.
Well, I didn't HAVE her do it. She did that on her own.
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She wouldve been my ex-wife
 
tiebird321 said:
i work in the IT dept at a small college
with one of the lappys we got back for the return on the no fault warenty
it had been dropped off of the roof of the science building... 48 feet onto lawnside while on
nedless to say it was very gone

out of boredom i pulled out the HD,
ibm 4gb
WORKED FINE....
droped it into an enclosure and its worked fine ever since

a HD can take a very large impact and work fine
over 200G

small bumps wont do anything to it
Click to expand...

Yeah. Just as a small note though... Generally 2.5" form factor drives that are intended for portable use go into more rigorous shock tests and have a looser shock spec than 3.5" form factor.


edit:
defakto said:
200g non opterating maybe, far less though if running.
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And yes, thats also true. Non operating shocks can be much higher without adverse effects than operating shocks.

 
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