Posts by vittau

Quote:Originally Posted by TwoCables Is it a vibration that you can hear? Maybe you can get some sort of anti-vibration things for the hard drive to help absorb the vibrations.No, like I said it's absolutely silent. I can barely...

Quote:Originally Posted by TwoCables Then the 1TB's platter is thicker and heavier because it needs to be able to hold all that extra weight. hehe Yeah, I don't have a clue.I've been making all kinds of crazy conjectures...

Quote:Originally Posted by TwoCables I'm not sure, but I think the 1TB has 2 platters in it vs. the 1 platter in the 500 GB drive which I think would result in twice the amount of vibration.Both are single platter actually...

Hey guys, I recently (last week) bought a new Seagate 7200.14 1TB drive (ST1000DM003), and I find it's vibrating noticeably more than my previous HDD (which is still working btw), a Seagate 7200.12 500GB (ST3500418AS). I can feel the...

In case anyone needs to fix an Omron D2FC-F-7N micro-switch using this method, here's a reference picture I took of an opened, brand new (never clicked) micro-switch: I couldn't find a good picture on the Internet, so I took this one...

Hi guys, Today this happened: It looks like you can push it back into place, but I'm applying quite a bit of pressure and it won't snap back. I'm afraid it will break (if it's not broken already). Any ideas? It's a Dell Inspiron 15R...

Both use the cheapo Omron micro-switches for their buttons, so this is by far the weakest link in the damned things. If you're right-handed I'd say get the DA because it has a much better shape. Their driver is a pretty horrible memory...

Looks like a decent option for left-handed people, who barely get any models nowadays... But for right-handers, there's better stuff out there.

Quote:Originally Posted by jung1e I would just completely scrape off the rest of the coating god such a failure on Steelseries' part.Well to be fair, I've never seen any kind of coating resistant to sweaty hands. I wonder if the...

Have you tried that Firmware Update Tool instead of using the SteelSeries Engine to do it?