Micro-vibrations could lead to file system corruption or harddisk damage.

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Skybuck Flying

Hello,

I have a new hypothesis for you:

"Micro-vibration leads to file system corruption or harddisk damage".

For example the Antec 1200 case of my DreamPC 2006 has "harddisk bays" which
have "cooling fans" connected to them.

I notice how these cooling fans start to vibrate/osccilate after a while.
Like a bridge being blow out of proportions like the wind if it happens in a
certain way.

The drive bays seem to start humming a little bit more then usual. One I
touch it the humming stops.

So I think it could be possible that these micro-vibrations could cause file
system corruption when reading/writing or maybe even sector damage.

However in the case of a fire it would still be handy to pull out the
harddisk bays. So I will leave the harddisks bays "loose" in the computer so
I can pull them out quickly.

(Or perhaps I change my mind and screw them tight with screws, maybe during
a fire they can be unscrewed, I will probably screw them in later, but too
tired for it now ! ;) :))

(This could explain why one of my harddisks had volume corruption today)

Oh yeah another explanation which first came to my mind:

It's a space event, particles from space hit the harddisk magnets... the
reason for this hypo is because other people on this planet reported system
failures as well just a day ago or so... but that could be a coincidence ;)
:)

Bye,
Skybuck.
 
On Sep 22, 12:26 pm, "Skybuck Flying" <[email protected]>
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Hello,

I have a new hypothesis for you:

"Micro-vibration leads to file system corruption or harddisk damage".
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Why are you spamming 5 groups?

Why don't you look up shock mounts or vibration isolators?
 
On Sep 22, 12:26 pm, "Skybuck Flying"<[email protected]>
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Why are you spamming 5 groups?

Why don't you look up shock mounts or vibration isolators?
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Please don't feed him anything that says "shock" or "isolator". That
will get *another* raft of his electrical ravings going.

--
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We're like that crazy old man jumping
out of the alleyway with a baseball bat,
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Hello,

I have a new hypothesis for you:

The drive bays seem to start humming a little bit more then usual. One I
touch it the humming stops.

So I think it could be possible that these micro-vibrations could cause file
system corruption when reading/writing or maybe even sector damage.
Click to expand...

Doesn't hypothetically hold true if just simpler to look within HD
ratings. They do give temperatures and overall some shock
characteristics. Laptops for instance are inexpensively engineered to
"break-away" -- the heaviest components spring free and prevent as
much damage to other components by not transferring latent or absorbed
shock from a fall. Another is for a given alloy in tandem to heads,
between the disk platters, flexes at a given amount when subject to a
random, X-amount of torque applied before exhibiting breakdown. Same
goes for perturbations to fluid spindle mounting mechanisms. Damage
is a known factor, scientifically speaking. Maxtor, by the way,
awhile back and riding the crest of the bleeding edge, secured a
contract for the hard drives US Navy bought. How Maxtor did that is
by providing integral specifics to their quality control.

Nor is your humming offhand a sound conducive to hypothesize, having
not mentioned a stethoscope for probing the exact source, or first
unmounted the drive to try and duplicate the sound. Seriously, I've
run into instances where a phonographic needle was makeshift wired to
an oscilloscope for probing into acoustic details across finely tuned
frequencies and intensity. Imagine sending someone's life and
encapsulated ass into space, a relatively slow delivery payload
warfare systems engineered for stealth and countermeasures --
"humming" doesn't work that way among acceptable possibilities and
convincing contract sales.
 
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