Do unbalanced hard drives fail earlier?

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larry moe 'n curly wrote:

> Do HDs that vibrate while spinning tend to fail sooner than those that
> don't?
>
> I mean from normal wear, not because the buzz from the vibration makes
> me want to smash them with a sledgehammer.

If they vibrate then they have something wrong with them. If you're getting
noise it is most likely a resonance--try moving the drive to a different
bay and you will probably see the noise go away.

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larry moe 'n curly wrote:
>
> Do HDs that vibrate while spinning tend to fail sooner than those that
> don't?
>
> I mean from normal wear, not because the buzz from the vibration makes
> me want to smash them with a sledgehammer.

Got all four screws holding it in and tightened?






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larry moe 'n curly <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Do HDs that vibrate while spinning tend to fail sooner than those that don't?

Depends on how bad the vibration is. Normal vibration is fine.

> I mean from normal wear, not because the buzz from the
> vibration makes me want to smash them with a sledgehammer.

Thats likely just something loose with the case resonating.