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@TomasWille 7 лет назад

NEVER do that last hack. IT ruines your HDD even more. Unless it's a solid state, ( which doesn't need rubber XD ) It is still a device that needs to read info while spinning very fast. By moving it even more there will be also more corruption written on the HDD. Eventually it will even loosen every part up, so it will die on you. So DO NOT DO IT.

@SkookumChoocher 7 лет назад

That's nonsense. I don't recommend to hang the harddrive in this way (the flat rubber band, moreover without any washers under the screw heads can deteriorate over time or due to vibrations and the harddrive can fall down, which would be a serious problem), but a flexible suspension won't do any harm to the drives. I've a home server with two drives held by bungee cords (but in a much much more robust way than shown in the video) running 24/7 for many years without any problem. There's one important thing as somebody mentioned in the comments, and that's cooling - I installed a fan in front of the harddrives to blow cool air from outside of the case directly at the drives.

@TomasWille 7 лет назад

sumixSTYXX You have a point, but i would strongly advice not to use any RPM hard drives in a way that can make it wiggle during use. My advice would be that the rubber straps aren't that bad, but turn it tight between the HDD and it's case mount. It will mute the vibrations with it but it will remain fixed. About why it's killing the HDD when moving, is that i have really bad experience with it, furthermore this warning is all over the internet and in all HDD manuals. But to make it general, just buy an SSD. Saves a lot of problems. Also faster.

@SkookumChoocher 7 лет назад

I agree that the HDD shouldn't be just wiggling around when the case moves even a tiny bit, yes, it should be fixed pretty tightly, but also a bit flexibly to cancel the vibrations and to not transfer them to the case which could then amplify them and cause more noise. I'm not so sure about the SSDs, I use one as a system drive, but have been reluctant so far to use it as data storage since I don't trust it as much as an HDD, but time will tell and maybe I'll change my opinion in the future.

@nerf123dca 7 лет назад

its a shock absorber you silly. the hdd is not functioning anymore its just there to absorb all vibrations. he mentioned that you can use the disk drive too of you dont use them anymore. he just used an old one for an example.

@elek101 7 лет назад

sumixSTYXX SSD is more reliable than a HDD O.o

@TSpike73 7 лет назад

Also, if you don't happen to have a rubber band handy, just get 30ft of SATA cable and let your HDD dangle on it through your office window. Certain adverse side effects are likely, but I guarantee that the noise will be greatly reduced.

@tomw8655 6 лет назад

Oh man, Gotta try that. Still have enough old sata cables laying around, Have a big windows Close to my pc, So it will be perfect, Plus when it rains i have a water cooled HDD. What better do you want.

@addydiesel6627 4 года назад

Er what about the birds, they will defacate droppings on the drive which will cause overheating 🤢

@DL-kc8fc Год назад

@@addydiesel6627 Therefore, it is necessary to immerse the HDD in a bucket of water and let it hang from the window by the SATA cable. It is necessary to change the water occasionally. In order for the cooling to be effective, it is a good idea to drill several holes in the HDD.

@GreenCinco12Official 7 лет назад

or just use the HDD as a secondary Harddrive..

@Appal. 7 лет назад

baybe it doesn't work, who knows

@zioxei 7 лет назад

I have an HDD which is so old that it can't be plugged in to new PCs so...

@TwistyTrav 7 лет назад

Maybe is an old 80GB HDD, which is now obsolete.

@Appal. 7 лет назад

probably

@asmitpoudel4068 7 лет назад

Gameniti v

@michael7324 7 лет назад

FYI- I use the earth magnets on my motorcycle. I place them on the frame on the bottom of the bike. This gives the motorcycle more "mass" when I stop at a stop light. The magnetic sensor in the road will now detect the bike as a car and change the light.

@sciencermega8323 7 лет назад

Damn yoru profile photo is so actracting

@johnhincks1298 7 лет назад

Michael 732 x

@evergriven7402 7 лет назад

LOL

@lyraheartstrings8280 7 лет назад

Does this really help? I get stuck at red lights a lot with my motorcycle and it buggs me a great deal. But I imagine, that the magnets are too weak. I ride an Motorcycle with a lot of space between the engine and the road

@SeldomPooper 7 лет назад

Michael 732 is talking bullshit.

@GaleDoesMusic 7 лет назад

I like how you talk, seems like you're really ready and energetic for a video

@ESHouten 7 лет назад

those were 2 ideas? or am i missing one, sandpaper - rubber

@GunwantBhambra 7 лет назад

magnets

@ThePikab0t 7 лет назад

Cha gia gurru

@SaleemKhan-im1ko 7 лет назад

+Gunwant Bhambra qdrwjtch bnxn ifuvghr

@paulsimpson6290 7 лет назад

But the rubber shock-absorbers are not a use of an old HDD, or am I missing something?

@paulsimpson6290 7 лет назад

LOL

@dr.ramondetorres4838 6 лет назад

I was a computer repair tech in undergrad, so naturally I would experiment on my own home computer. To make that easier I lightly rested the case on the computer so I could remove it quickly. One day I decided my loft was dirty so I plugged in the vacuum cleaner, not realizing someone had not turned the on switch to off and had just unplugged the vacuum to turn it off. As soon as I plugged it in I heard a surging sound, very fast, then some pops. I realized immediately that my computer had taken a surge. I pulled the case off to see small flares of flame coming off several of the chips. All I could think was, "That sucked."

@brodofaggins6078 7 лет назад

I love the disk sander idea! thanks a lot!

@gpfansracing7236 7 лет назад

Wtf was the thumbnail that thing wasn't even in the video!

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

It's known as clickbait.

@jayc2469 7 лет назад

I know! It was nowhere in sight in the -Western Digital Advert- ahem sorry this video!

@victornpb 7 лет назад

i1.ytimg.com/vi/n7CA2orjnXY/maxresdefault.jpg so much click bait

@jayc2469 7 лет назад

***** oh yeah, it's one of those over-unity drives - coated with GP Gr -eencell- , -Pretty- Batteries, with -Western Digital- inside!

@richbooth8948 7 лет назад

Trump Click bait! Thumbnail shows 2x9v batteries shorted out in an old hard drive case. What is the point?

@aitammatia 7 лет назад

the hdd anti-vibration hack ist only to use with activ cooling system!!! or you need an 25°C HDD

@NicknamedSin 7 лет назад

Use the spinning action of the platter for a sanding wheel!?! Great idea!

@wb5rue 6 лет назад

Great ideas but I wouldn't use the inner tube mount. I would use the inner tubes as a buffer on the sides of the drive and then mount the drive as usual with the screws. The rubber will still absorb vibrations but you won't have to worry about the drive swinging freely which can be bad if the computer is knocked over while it's running.

@MikePattison 7 лет назад

The HDD mini sharpener is genius. I never thought of that.

@goobisoft4873 7 лет назад

how the hdd was able to keep running forever when connected to psu i have old hdd it run onnly 2-3 minuts and then stops and the hdd motor even doesn't start without plugging in data cable

@pirateman1966 7 лет назад

wow. amazing... Wanted a way to keep my Exactos sharp. saved me a ton. ty

@xZeroOffical 7 лет назад

You forgot to mention that HDD motors are not simple 2 terminal motors which you can just stick to power source. If HDD electronic is dead/missing/whatever, there has to be driver circuit to spin the HDD motor with precisely timed impulses to each of it's pins. Arduino + few transistors and resistors are suitable. Also, HDD motor speed can be finely adjusted with right circuit.

@DL-kc8fc Год назад

If the motor's electronics are not damaged (the motor rotates), the handyman will be surprised by the fact that the motor stops after 20-40 seconds. It is necessary to turn the power off and on again to get the motor to start turning again.

@exzentrische 7 лет назад

HDD might heat too much without direct connection to metal case, and then you can kiss goodbye to your new hard drive.

@isator1380 7 лет назад

This is still a great video. I got like 10 dead hard drives that Ive been wanting to do something with that is very similar to what you're doing. Although I'm not a fan of the last one as the hard is very balance sensitive and it will affect it in the long run. Thus the ten dead hard drives lol

@tikvosha 6 лет назад

*Description:* All too often people are used to getting rid of old staffs *Me:* still laughing xDD

@adhamkhor4031 7 лет назад

hey I just love ur videos ... it's always amazing to watch.

@095andrija 7 лет назад

wow the disk installation is great :D

@PandaNesthesia 7 лет назад

if you found screwable magnets, fix them on a wall in your kitchen or your lab to put screwdrivers, cutters or knives on it, if you get enough of plates, you can fix them on a plank of wiid plastic or watever to make a nice decirative mirror

@skraf883 7 лет назад

What I regret is actually coming to this video. Worst advice ever about suspending the HD from rubber straps.

@GimiBsk 3 года назад

Yeah that would actually increase the vibrations..

@csakben99 7 лет назад

you are a great youtuber but pls make thumbnails from your vudeo not a random pic

@Kingdeotius 7 лет назад

I once pulled my graphics cats put without unclipping it and tore the whole connector out.

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

+Austin Lock What? You pulled your "graphics cats put"?

@PrinceWesterburg 7 лет назад

It explains a lot in that phrase really doesn't it? XD

@CB-xr1eg 7 лет назад

Predictive text, or just plain old bad typing?

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

+Clive Bindley You never heard of graphics cats?

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

+Austin Lock A good joke never dies. Long live the graphics cats!

@Nivexity 7 лет назад

Creating rubber shocks like that makes it worse as the drive will now spin and wobble consistently decreasing it's maximum lifetime. The sand paper idea was pretty good though, I have hundreds of dead drives and I'm sure I'll use that idea at some point.

@keenansmith6163 7 лет назад

Click bait thumbnail as always.

@Appal. 7 лет назад

nope, it say exactly what he is going to do, it don't even say, "INCREDIBLE AMAZING MAGICS WITH HDD (GONE WRONG) (GONE SEXUAL)"

@hompalai 7 лет назад

Misleading thumbnail, it has nothing to do with the title.

@Appal. 7 лет назад

Why? He did show what could you do with an hard disk, like transforming it in other stuff

@keenansmith6163 7 лет назад

ricardo benvenuto It's deceiving. When I saw it I thought hmm either this is click bait or he's doing something interesting with the HDD and those batteries. Turns out he wasn't and had a pretty normal idea.

@Appal. 7 лет назад

Ah, Ok, now I understand

@agreymonkeynamedasa 7 лет назад

That last one was GREAT!

@bilijoful 7 лет назад

I don't usually like his ideas but the sharpener/grinder one is awesome!

@Erikthebrave 7 лет назад

I use an emty beer bottle to keep my graphics card from bending. So far it does exactly what i need it to do =) and it looks helarious too, holding up a 1070 GTX Amp Extreme xD!

@kyrkbymannen 6 лет назад

This was brilliant

@rankin23007 7 лет назад

cool ideas. i once unpluged a hdd while it was on. i slipped saw sparks and my shiny new 10gb drive was fried. sounds tiny compared to drives today.

@mattikaki 7 лет назад

Thanks for the idea using HDD as emery grinder. I knew that the plates can be driven after the magnets have been removed. I always keep all the magnets as well the Torx screws. This was awesome idea and I really can use it.

@samushrestha7842 7 лет назад

wonderful video !!!

@mentostheundying 7 лет назад

HDD has to be static. If not, it will be broken...

@buttbuttersonmcbutt795 7 лет назад

I switched that red switch on the power supply and BOOM need a new power supply and my ears are ringing. great

@michalnemecek3575 4 года назад

yup, the 230V/110V switch. Our teacher warned us about that. What's really unfair is that when you switch it to the EU setting in the US, nothing happens, but it explodes when you set it to US in the EU

@rayniac211 7 лет назад

LOL. I was just wondering if I could make a sanding/sharpening station out of my dying hard drive so I was looking for ideas for what I could do with it and what do you know. I was not the only one :D If a hard drive disk is spinning at 7200RPM and it has a diameter of ~9cm, the outer edge is moving at little over 30 meters per second! Not too shabby at all for light work ;) But it's not a portable HDD as the one in this video so how should I power it? hmmm....

@rolikaseventysix 5 лет назад

The sharpener is so cool! Thx

@spex.official 3 года назад

Dude this last hack ist sooo INSAAANE MINDBLOWING cause I have no HDD slides so I use an inner tube thanks for the idea

@metricmine 7 лет назад

Some hard drives will continue spinning when the heads are removed, some will shut down when they detect the drive head error. It will not always work.

@marcoantonionogueiram.a.2356 7 лет назад

Great video. But here my HD works for just a few seconds, then I must unplug it and plug again. I did something wrong? How can I make it work all the time that it is connected on power source? Tnx!

@davidarmstrong4611 6 лет назад

Mount hdd normally but with rubber at screw mount points. Should benefit both hdd and noise reduction. Probably a tight fit though.

@giancarlo4862 7 лет назад

Molto interessante.. non ci avevo pensato.. bravo !!

@LHUPA 7 лет назад

Simply genial! In these videos, I have the proof that I'm not wrong to make a motor with an HDD! But, I want to know before beginning is which precaution I must take about manipulation of the HDD's PCB (under the disk)? That really EDS sensitive? The HDD motor seems to be powerful enough to "drive" something as a fan! Here, I notice that the disc acts as a flywheel!

@BasilParikov 7 лет назад

Owch, and i forget about the hdd will stop spinning in about 2 minutes after power on. Of cause if you didn`t power it with external power source and use it own controller board.

@nullkrym2741 7 лет назад

the rubber pieces holding the hard drive would cause more damage to it than just being screwed in, sure when its screwed in it will take a lot of the impact, but its better than it slamming into the side of the case and taking even more damage

@Myndale 7 лет назад

A lot of you guys clearly missed the point of that last hack entirely. It's not a working drive that's suspended by the rubber straps, it's the old dud one, hence why there are no power or data cables plugged into it. The point of the hack is to (in theory at least) absorb micro vibrations from the case so that they don't propagate through to the working drive(s).

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

A hemery wheel. Awesome!

@jobayerahmed8384 7 лет назад

thanks for great idea.

@MrDoyley35 6 лет назад

Another great video. You really must post your content on steemit!😜👍🏻

@Felix-ve9hs 7 лет назад

When I was small I connected a IDE HDD to my Dads Pc - when it was on Unfortunately the Motherboard got fried to death xD

@adriani.3590 7 лет назад

Wow, that knife sharpener looks great. Very nice! Esti roman, nu?? :) :D Ps. Am vazut clipul cu capacele de sticle(dorna) si am realizat :)) N am vazut nimic in romana si am zis ca poate si pe straini ii cheama Ursu. :)

@bigdogdmx 7 лет назад

e din chisinau. :)

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

+DMXtreme What the fuck are you idiots babbling about? Lol

@dannyh8750 7 лет назад

sure guys do the last one if you want your drive to fail and destroy itselfe, only way to fix this are rubber connectors that are made for this

@palpytine 6 лет назад

So the "3 ideas" are... Two magnets and a disk sharpener?

@BastiElektronik 6 лет назад

Kevin Wright seems so

@Viewer19 6 лет назад

Rubber suspension for HD

@user-lz5jp3tn4v 3 года назад

I want to work like you, you are awesome

@furdfelmer4359 6 лет назад

I've dismantled dozens of HD's to salvage the magnets...how do you separate the magnets from the mounting bracket? What kind of bonding glue to they use and how to dissolve it....I've tried to pry the magnets off, no success. Any help ?

@hassaanahmad8594 7 лет назад

what is the supply source given to the drive.??

@Mrkevi123 7 лет назад

Convert it to an external hard drive

@iH85CH001 6 лет назад

Kevin Hinojosa but what if it's broken tho? I think that's more of the idea here.

@tonyppe 7 лет назад

Something I done to my computer which I regret a little bit now - I was using a peltier Thermo Electric Cooling, to cool the CPU for overclocking. I managed to get the CPU to -10c and all was going well. I noticed the temp start to creep up from -10 and eventually reached 1c so I knew something was wrong and decided to take a look inside. The temp increase was due to a partial blockage in the water cooling system but not only that, the 30AMP connectors I had used for the Thermo Electric Cooling plate had got so hot that the positive and negative terminals had melted and were seconds away from the metal contacts touching each other. I decided to remove it all and return to plain water cooling to be safe. I still have the components for a rainy day :)

@frankynakamoto2308 7 лет назад

They can recycle them and make better servers, they can make them hybrid with USB instead of SSD, also they can add two Actuator arms to speed up the hard drives, and they can make a new port for faster data transfer.

@jamesclairvaughn8880 6 лет назад

Pretty cool ideas!

@loveaakshay 7 лет назад

i have a working DvD drive can u please tel me how well can I use on my tab, led tv or any other device!! if i need to buy additional equipments to support it i am okay!!!!

@ProHackHD 6 лет назад

Amazing idea

@michaeleddison6765 7 лет назад

I used the magnet out of mine for the trigger on my Google cardboard that I made, wasn't sure if it would be too strong so wrapped it up in electric tape and put a few small elastic bands on it to use as a strap to go on my fingers, so when ever I want to trigger the switch I just lift my hand up and swipe it past the side of my Google cardboard. works perfect

@untrust2033 5 лет назад

wouldn't the magnets damage your phone?

@shaheburrahman5860 6 лет назад

How to run hdd motor? Please create a video about this. Thank you.

@safensalahaldin3099 7 лет назад

Congratulations for the 600 k subscribe 😘

@montyrobins 7 лет назад

I spilt a whole cup of tea on my laptop... now a couple of the keys are a bit worse to type on than the others, even after cleaning.

@DeeegerD 6 лет назад

I like the knife sharpener idea.

@ovalwingnut 7 лет назад

LOVE THE Micro Disk Grinder (MDG).. And who can live without magnets? Good, high quality vid. Thanks. RE: Drive hanging loose: Drives can run hot. It depends on the drive or course (mfg, mdl, RPM, design). I've worked with hard-drives, well.. before there were hard drives.. cough cough. Some stay COOL.. others you could could a steak on. Usually the faster spinning ones, =>10K. I've gone as far as to mount heat sinks to the sides to keep the temps reasonable. Hanging out in the air, well.. ouch? A good metal case with the drive in contact makes a GR8T heat sink. Even adding some heat sink compound to the sides (for the H.O.T. ones:) Not to many electronic devices like heat, or run better with heat. Just my 4 cents. Thank you for the video! Cheers.

@otter25702 6 лет назад

Awesome thanks for sharing your knowledge. I just usually destroy them with a hammer.

@zhulikkulik 7 лет назад

Didn't know what exactly caused the noise and just punched in the middle of PC case top side. As a result - malfunctioning HDD and aching hand XD. Later I found out that it was PSU fan that made such noise.

@tjk0102 7 лет назад

When I was 9 years old, I put a stick of ram into a computer backwards while it was running and completely fried the ram and motherboard. Looking back, it was a good death for a junky old pc.

@More-Space-In-Ear 7 лет назад

Your so clever, I would not of thought about half the stuff you come up with, now you know why I subscribed 👍🏼🏆

@lechuzocomeratas8125 7 лет назад

Marc Holloway

@More-Space-In-Ear 7 лет назад

Lechuzo Comeratas ??

@jamescree6331 7 лет назад

You're* would not have*

@More-Space-In-Ear 7 лет назад

James Cree ??

@shaikaddu4850 7 лет назад

Wel done you are a genius🙌

@nakulgoswami5695 7 лет назад

cool idea with sand paper...

@fatoadg 7 лет назад

bellissima idea

@elek101 7 лет назад

I once made a computer explode in ICT in school

@joelrolo1915 7 лет назад

Jakub Hobl lol

@elek101 7 лет назад

Someone turned the supply of the pc off and changed it from 230v to 110v.. So when i turned it on the power supply exploded :D

@youneshamad2008 7 лет назад

Jakub Hobl

@FunnyVideo83 7 лет назад

coll 👌 i liked you're ideas. thanks

@bledlbledlbledl 7 лет назад

Plus, take out the shiny disk and use it as a mirror so you can squint at yourself in it

@luisantoniomarrega1120 6 лет назад

Ideis inteligente! Rio RJ Brasil

@untrust2033 5 лет назад

>forgets to take data off old drive

@luminumlx2604 4 года назад

RIP porn

@teel3651 7 лет назад

Screwing your Harddrives in makes them give their Heat to the inner Case, so they can cool down faster. Don't use rubber bands

@tryingtomake9871 6 лет назад

You are very talent

@makeupmirromotorhome7080 5 лет назад

I love the first one.

@kapnistis91 7 лет назад

old HDDs should be stable .... -_-

@darkmass4945 7 лет назад

I scratched my mobo whilst taking off a panel :c Worked like a charm afterwards c:

@MrDankTM 7 лет назад

so i had bought this usb killer thingy and my sister plugged it in to her computer, thinking she would find stuff i did'nt want her to see.. hah revenge

@Kyana04 9 месяцев назад

Lol

@alexmexqt14 7 лет назад

do you have any idea how they make a tweeter for speakers?

@Jishan2511 6 лет назад

People don't play with the hard drive disc, it's extremely sharp and could kill you or cause serious injury.

@nacejehart4849 6 лет назад

that disc inside is moterfucking clean

@blaster5800 7 лет назад

I will NEVER hang my hard drive like that, thank you.

@vonries 7 лет назад

I didn't do it, but a friend of mine used to do on-site tech support fixing computers. He told me that one time he went into the police station to fix a "broken" monitor. When he got there it took less than a second to figure out the problem. It seems one of the police officers got so mad at his computer that he pulled out his service pistol and shot the screen right there in the middle of the police station.

@alimohammad3662 7 лет назад

Can this be made from an old CD player too

@hazimreitz 7 лет назад

Once i use a defrag tool and damaged my hdd and needed a new one

@GreatIraqYoutube 7 лет назад

But how do you convert the power adapter you used with the knife sharpener into 2x 9 vlt batteries as show on the thumbnail of your video? explain pls

@uwesoboszcyk8791 6 лет назад

Does a SATA drive also power up, when only the power is connected?

@ravivermat5140 6 лет назад

Hey how did u power the HDD motor ??? Can u please help with that??

@aturogs1954 7 лет назад

Am new at this stuff. Will the HDD platter spin just like that when you connect it to a power supply? Or, do you have to connect it to a power from PC or any other computer?

@aturogs1954 7 лет назад

Thanks....

@cheffjeffB 7 лет назад

Here's a freebie for you: remove the disc from the drive and use it as a shiny element in a wind chime. They make a rather nice "ting" when struck. The reflective properties allows them to catch flashes of light nicely at night, too. Just make sure to wipe the drive of all data first or the bad people may steal it!