Tag: harddisk
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Hard Disk Noise Reduction
Versione italiana in fondo Obtained by damping vibrations generated by plates rotation and heads movements Unlike modern hard disks with hydrodynamic ball bearings, old hard disks were pretty noisy, especially the firsts 7200 rpm units. My IBM Deskstar 60 GXP 40 GB was one of them. I also had a Maxtor 5400 rpm unit (not…
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Application of a Heatsink on a Hard Disk
Versione italiana in fondo How to improve the cooling of a IBM 60GXP with a Duron heatsink Someone might still not know the IBM Deskstar 60GXP fame, so here it is: when IBM released them, some years ago, mostly units among those with capacity of 60 GB failed (they were soon called “Deathstar”). This problem…