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Nightmare - External hard drive crashes to floor
shmokes:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 19, 2010, 07:04:42 am ---
External hard drive eh? They are capable of withstanding falls from 6-8 ft. . . .
. . . Sounds like power is not getting to the drive (clicking sounds).
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An external hard drive is almost always just an internal hard drive screwed into a rigid case with no kind of shock absorption. What kind of twisted logic makes you think external hard drives are likely to withstand a 6-8ft drop? Also, if no power is getting to the drive, what in god's name is making the clicking sound? Squirrels? Elves?
Xiaou2:
Ive experienced externals failing, however, to hear a click at all, you had to place your ear
on the drive itself.. and even then it was barely audible. More like a light "tick". I did however
hear a high pitched whine from even a distance away.
People who usually say they hear a Click, means they are probably hearing it Loudly and
from a distance. ITs a very pronounced noise.
I agree, that the drive could and should be tested outside of its external enclosure.
(but not opening the drive itself)
I have the impression that it was already tested outside of the enclosure.
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 20, 2010, 02:24:47 pm ---
An external hard drive is almost always just an internal hard drive screwed into a rigid case with no kind of shock absorption. What kind of twisted logic makes you think external hard drives are likely to withstand a 6-8ft drop? Also, if no power is getting to the drive, what in god's name is making the clicking sound? Squirrels? Elves?
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Google: Western Digital 60GB Passport
I have two of these and I can toss them down the stairs and they still work. Got a Lacie 80gb that is the same but the USB interface is dying. I might attempt throwing that out the window and see if that works. ;D
The click is not demons or bats in the belfry. It is from the drive motor. Its real quiet......... :P
Is Shmokes having a bad day? :dunno
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 20, 2010, 03:01:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 20, 2010, 02:24:47 pm ---
An external hard drive is almost always just an internal hard drive screwed into a rigid case with no kind of shock absorption. What kind of twisted logic makes you think external hard drives are likely to withstand a 6-8ft drop? Also, if no power is getting to the drive, what in god's name is making the clicking sound? Squirrels? Elves?
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Google: Western Digital 60GB Passport
I have two of these and I can toss them down the stairs and they still work. Got a Lacie 80gb that is the same but the USB interface is dying. I might attempt throwing that out the window and see if that works. ;D
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60GB? 80GB? Are we comparing laptop drives with desktop drives? And regardless of its size, those external drives are exactly what shmokes describes them as, internals with a nice jacket.
Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---I have two of these and I can toss them down the stairs and they still work.
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You can "IF" they are not in the middle of a write operation. An HD that is not active will Park
its heads so that they will not be able to get damaged due to vibrations.
--- Quote ---The click is not demons or bats in the belfry. It is from the drive motor.
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A Click is from the swing arms that holds the read/write heads. Mostly, when the heads have
Crashed into the surface and jammed up. Such a click is Very loud. You can hear it from inside
a closed computer tower at times.
If its so quiet you can barely hear it even against your ear... then its not really a click.
More like a skip/tick... which is probably the heads starting move, then getting parked again.
The motor itself, is just about completely silent. An HD is only heard, when its reading and writing.
When its spinning idle, there is no real noise made, because HDs use very high tolerance
bearings... and operate brushlessly.
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