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i was thinking the same thingDeimos said:Hey, I just thought of something, rubberbands loose thier elasticity after a while, they crack and fall apart, so maybe string would be a better solution? or how about the elastic bands you put in clothing?
magoo said:nylon fishing line.
I like the rubber bands though. cheap and easy to replace.
Ive also used double sided tape.
magoo said:nylon fishing line.
I like the rubber bands though. cheap and easy to replace.
Ive also used double sided tape.
MikeDeuce said:MikeC from SPCR likes elastic string from a sewing supply shop:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page1.html (scroll down to "Suspending the Hard Drive")
It might, but I'd worry more about the loss in performance (30% or more) and the long term health of the drive. Being a mechanical device, a HDD's actuator requires something to 'push' against when moving the arm. If the entire HDD moves towards the same side the actuator moves to, then you can bet that the access and seek times will drop through the floormickey987 said:That's very interesting idea. Wouldn't the hard drive eventually wiggle it's way out the string and just collaspe?
Elledan said:It might, but I'd worry more about the loss in performance (30% or more) and the long term health of the drive. Being a mechanical device, a HDD's actuator requires something to 'push' against when moving the arm. If the entire HDD moves towards the same side the actuator moves to, then you can bet that the access and seek times will drop through the floor
hignaki said:If you've ever taken apart a large disk device (Ex: CD-Rom) you see the rubber grommets that "float" the laser assembly. They kinda look like miniature car-tire rims w/o the wheels, but all soft rubber. I think a smaller diamater bolt, with that around it where it mounts to the fan/case (pick one) would help in dampening. I'm cheap, I use them between the fans and the case for my case fans
In order for the actuator to move the arm in one direction, it has to 'push' against the HDD casing. Without the HDD being mounted in a rigid fashion accuracy suffers.uzor said:Only problem with that premise is that the drive is self contained. Similar to how you can't really make the sailboat you're sitting in move forward by blowing on it, the actuator can't move the drive by pushing on it.