- Re: Safe to place a hard drive right next to a computer case speaker?
- Posted by Arno Wagner on May 10th, 2004
Previously Jason <Jason@please.post.replies> wrote:
That is the common wisdom. However there is a difference whether the
drive is spinning or not. There have been reliable reports of notebook
HDDs being damaged in some german trains. These trains have fold-down
tables with strong magnets at the edges that keep them up when
unused. The mechanism is that apparrntly the magnets induce a current
into a spinning platter that in turn _can_ erase part of the platter,
including servo information. A non-spinning platter is apparently
not in any danger.
Keep in mind that these are notebook hdds and strong magnets in very
close proximity (maybe as little as 2-3mm). It is also unlikely
for this problem to exist with glass platters. So your HDD may be
perfectly save.
To be on the save side, I would advise to remove the speaker.
It is not really useful anyway.
Arno
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- Posted by rello on May 10th, 2004
On 10 May 2004 17:52:02 GMT, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
the computer refuse to boot often the speake will beep and by counting
the beeps you can determine what the problem is.....
relloman
- Posted by dg on May 10th, 2004
I like to remind people of this too, there are magnets in the HD itself
already!
--Dan
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- Posted by Folkert Rienstra on May 10th, 2004
"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:JGTnc.47005$2r6.25388@newssvr29.news.prodigy. com...
Yes, and?
