Suspended HD's

4p · 16 Sep 2006 at 14:28

Ok i was looking at the eclipse thread and i seen the Suspended HD pic.

May i ask what advantage this gives you computer?

Messiah Khan · 16 Sep 2006 at 14:57

It decouples it from the case, reducing vibration noises.

4p · 16 Sep 2006 at 15:38

Fair enough should try this at my pops. The HD rattles the side panel, god damn anoying.

basmic · 16 Sep 2006 at 18:03

Every time I see those suspended hard-drives, they look so vulnerable!

Imagine moving your machine...*CLANG, RATTLE!* :eek:

There goes £150 graphic card, £50 sound card...not to mention that £80 hard-drive.

Messiah Khan · 16 Sep 2006 at 18:52

If you do it properly, they are completely safe. Fair enough,if I was moving the computer by car or something, I might secure them a bit more, but for moving the computer around the house etc, they are secure. If you decide to do it though, make sure you use something like bungee cord or sewing elastic, rather than something purely rubber as this is much less likely to get brittle and snap with heat.

pcknight · 17 Sep 2006 at 00:26

My mate has his Hard drive suspended by sewing elastic and it is superb! No noise and still cool too.

Borden · 17 Sep 2006 at 08:59

I have my drives suspended and i managed to add on some more sewing elastic to wrap around the open ends of the hard drives to hold them in place so that they can't fall out. I even tested it by tipping up the case and it was absolutely fine.

pcknight · 17 Sep 2006 at 12:49

Nice one.

Gibbs · 18 Sep 2006 at 17:15

Thorpy said:
looking at the eclipse thread

linky?

Amp34 · 18 Sep 2006 at 17:21

They really do help on the noise front. I have a P150 that comes with suspension mounting as standard. When they snapped a few weeks ago ( :rolleyes:

) I had to stick the HDD's on rubber grommits instead and the noise has dramatically increased.