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Posted: January 30th, 2006, 1:22
by FatherJack
The cooling effect of the freezer may un-jam the physical components of the hard drive temporarily. Any bonus to conductivity is negligible. Condensation shouldn't be an issue as theoretically the inside of hard drives is a vacuum.
Posted: January 30th, 2006, 1:47
by Dr. kitteny berk
FatherJack wrote:Condensation shouldn't be an issue as theoretically the inside of hard drives is a vacuum.
Not so.
HDDs are sealed, but only with stickers usually.
A vacuum would be too difficult to maintain, not to mention that if a vacuum was broken, it'd suck air + crap in. however, if you break the seal on a normal HDD, not much happens, though it will make it die considerably faster (due to letting dust + crap in.)
Posted: January 30th, 2006, 2:49
by deject
Actually they are not even sealed. Most hard drives have a spot marked "DO NOT COVER." This is to allow air to flow in and out of the drive as the platters spin up and down. There is an extremely fine felcher to keep out dust and such, but the drives must not be sealed.
Posted: January 30th, 2006, 2:53
by Dr. kitteny berk
deject wrote:Actually they are not even sealed. Most hard drives have a spot marked "DO NOT COVER." This is to allow air to flow in and out of the drive as the platters spin up and down. There is an extremely fine felcher to keep out dust and such, but the drives must not be sealed.
this is correct. i just couldn't be arsed to asplain.
Posted: January 30th, 2006, 8:13
by Joose
deject wrote:Actually they are not even sealed. Most hard drives have a spot marked "DO NOT COVER." This is to allow air to flow in and out of the drive as the platters spin up and down. There is an extremely fine felcher to keep out dust and such, but the drives must not be sealed.
I always wondered what that was for.