Can hard drives handle floor vibrations?

[Guest]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

 

[Rod Speed]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car stereo
all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows rattle.

Time to apply the shotgun to the kid.

I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently vibrates?

Should be fine.

 

[Ofnuts]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

http://xkcd.org/368/

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

Throw the hard drive at him, and see if it still runs after it knocks
him out. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Big_Al]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

Probably about as much damage as you walking around in the room, granted
the car is probably on longer than you walk.
Put a thin piece of foam under the PC. If there are vents on the
bottom which I doubt, then don't block them. Put a piece of thin wood
or such on top of the foam for the PC to sit on. Can't be thick foam,
the PC may tip over. But something 1/8" - 1/2" might give a small
amount of shock proof.
It can't hurt, and if you feel better, then its worth it.

 

[Big_Al]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

Probably about as much damage as you walking around in the room, granted
the car is probably on longer than you walk.
Put a thin piece of foam under the PC. If there are vents on the
bottom which I doubt, then don't block them. Put a piece of thin wood
or such on top of the foam for the PC to sit on. Can't be thick foam,
the PC may tip over. But something 1/8" - 1/2" might give a small
amount of shock proof.
It can't hurt, and if you feel better, then its worth it.

 

[Jon Danniken]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

Around these parts, sounds amplified with a sufficient enough volume to be
heard inside of one's home are considered a breach of the peace, and will be
responded to by law enforcement. If it was me I would just let them handle
it; there really is no excuse for assaulting people with that type of sonic
radiation.

Jon

 

[Al Dykes]

The"air bearing" that the heads fly-on when the disks are spinning is
actually pretty tough.

The spec sheets for disk drives give G-force ratings. Any noise loud
enough to come close to these ratings would probably kill you.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Our next door neighbor has a kid who frequently turns up the car
stereo all the way. The bass is strong enough to make the windows
rattle. I wonder, will my hard drives be OK if the floor frequently
vibrates?

Yes. HDDs can takes eomthing like 150G vibration. That should be
enough to tear down walls.

Arno

 

[Paul]

Yes. HDDs can takes eomthing like 150G vibration. That should be
enough to tear down walls.

Arno

There are two different specs. Example here.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/ee25_series/

"Operating vibration of 2 Gs, 5 to 500 Hz, linear swept sine
Operating shock of 150 Gs at 11 ms, 300 Gs at 2 ms"

The number you quote, is shock. Vibration of a continuous
nature has a different spec.

Paul

 

[Arno Wagner]

There are two different specs. Example here.

"Operating vibration of 2 Gs, 5 to 500 Hz, linear swept sine
Operating shock of 150 Gs at 11 ms, 300 Gs at 2 ms"

The number you quote, is shock. Vibration of a continuous
nature has a different spec.

Indeed. I was under the impression that the vibration stat is only
with regard to drive performance, while the shock stat is with
regard to drive damage. I may be wrong.

Arno

 

[Guest]

Around these parts, sounds amplified with a sufficient enough volume to be
heard inside of one's home are considered a breach of the peace, and will be
responded to by law enforcement. If it was me I would just let them handle
it; there really is no excuse for assaulting people with that type of sonic
radiation.

The problem is that he only does it for a couple minutes or less. So
if we were to call the police, they wouldn't get here in time to hear
the noise.

 

[DevilsPGD]

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The problem is that he only does it for a couple minutes or less. So
if we were to call the police, they wouldn't get here in time to hear
the noise.

In general, if you fill out a police report, that's sufficient grounds
for warning, and if it happens repeatedly, the police may actually take
action.

Around here, it's bylaw enforcement, not police, that do the work.
However, the contact point is the same.

 

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In general, if you fill out a police report, that's sufficient grounds
for warning, and if it happens repeatedly, the police may actually take
action.

Around here, it's bylaw enforcement, not police, that do the work.
However, the contact point is the same.

Would the police ever let my neighbor know that it was me filing the
complaints? Wouldn't want them to retaliate.

 

[DevilsPGD]

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Would the police ever let my neighbor know that it was me filing the
complaints? Wouldn't want them to retaliate.

Odds are good that the police will issue a warning, and that's as far as
it will go. In that event, it's anonymous.

 

[Rookie]

If the police only warn the neighbor, it's true that may be
anonymous but if a complaint is filed and the neighbor asks
who filed, it is their basic right to know who their accuser
is. However, if the police were to find the son blasting
away the radio when they arrived, they could cite that
without needing to mention any complaintant.

The sad thing is that the parents should do their job instead of expecting
neighbours to call the police.

 

[Jesco Lincke]

Time to apply the shotgun to the kid.


Should be fine.

Careful with the advice you hand out, Rod.
Unfortunately, there are people out there who would actually follow it... oO