Do I need to worry about the case speaker with my HDDs?

[slitherjef]

I have a Lian-li case (PC-65B : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112040 ) and found I can turn the hard-drives sideways in the bottom cage. I may have to do this since I have a geforce 8800 GTS on the way to make some room. I am about worried though since the speaker is right under that bottom drive cage.

Is this speaker going to pose a problem for hard drives? I don't think it would, but just want to double check to make sure

 

[apache_lives]

if your talking about magnetic interference, nope nothing to worry about

aslong as theres no contact, dont worry

 

[lordaardvark2]

but directly touching the magnet would screw the hdd, correct? i'm talking contact.

probably what happened to those two hdds that just randomly went bad... :roll:

 

[billystringer]

If you are speaking from a standpoint of the magnet destroying the data I would say no, it shouldn't pose a problem and your data should be safe.

-The String

 

[lordaardvark2]

well the thing is i had two perfectly good hdds just die randomly, wouldn't recognize under ANYTHING, i don't even think they'd spin up... all that i can figure is they may have touched the magnet in my case when i had them unsecured and was moving it around.

...which was dumb, btw

could it potentially mess up the mechanisms? as in not the data but virtually everything else?

oh and @ the OP, your super sexy expensive case better not eat any of your components. that would be hell.

 

[slitherjef]

oh and @ the OP, your super sexy expensive case better not eat any of your components. that would be hell.

That would suck. I would cry

 

[lordaardvark2]

That would suck. I would cry

yeah, man. i'd cry for you, too. :lol:

...and i guess my question will go unanswered. its all good.

 

[apache_lives]

all hdd's have magnets within the drive for the heads, speaker magnets are weak compared so it shouldnt matter

 

[lordaardvark2]

all hdd's have magnets within the drive for the heads, speaker magnets are weak compared so it shouldnt matter

really? hmmh. well i wonder what it was then, worked one instant and then not the next. thats about all that i could point out. oh well, thanks for the answer.

 

[maury73]

All HDDs are accurately shielded against external magnetic fields and you need a magnetic field at least 100 times stronger than the one a little PC speaker generates to damage an HDD even if it was unshielded.

 

[eRazor]

If you should ever rip apart a dead out of warranty hard disk, you will see that there are two "rare earth" magnets inside. If you have ever experienced a rare earth magnet coming in contact with other metal (and tried prying them apart), you would have no concerns whatsoever in placing your hard disk on top of a 20 ounce sub-woofer magnet (ceramic).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet

 

[lordaardvark2]

hey, thank you both eRazor and maury73, good compelling stuff. but its still bugging me, the culprit of the double-hdd-homocide. i'll probably never know.

thanks tho guys

 

[sirrobin4ever]

hey, thank you both eRazor and maury73, good compelling stuff. but its still bugging me, the culprit of the double-hdd-homocide. i'll probably never know.

thanks tho guys

Maybe Static Discharge? (Just a theory)

 

[lordaardvark2]

yeah, perhaps... i'm not sure if that was real likely in a case without contact from other things... i know they were both grounded. however, thats probably a better theory.

oh well, i got my folks to split a new 160 gig with me, so i didn't end up needing those ancient 10 and 20 gig hdds... even though they'd be cool just for the sheer retro awesomeness that they exuded.

 

[slitherjef]

Thanks all. I hope to start the build this saturday

 

[apache_lives]

If you should ever rip apart a dead out of warranty hard disk, you will see that there are two "rare earth" magnets inside. If you have ever experienced a rare earth magnet coming in contact with other metal (and tried prying them apart), you would have no concerns whatsoever in placing your hard disk on top of a 20 ounce sub-woofer magnet (ceramic).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet

try prying two of em apart - my friend swears i glued em together or something and they pinched my skin and frig that hurt!

 

[sirrobin4ever]

Yeah...my friend now drives around with a fast food cup stuck to the top of his car stuck on by a neodymium magnet....
(It's a riot!)

 

[lordaardvark2]

hahaha thats the best thing i've heard in forever. i need to try that... i was gonna get some ubermagnets because i wanted to make some LED throwies a while back, but turns out i'm broke as shit, so... yeah :lol:

anyway, slitherjef, i think you'll be just fine. tell us how your build goes! that is a nice case you've got, i hope its a pretty comp when you're done. good luck!