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low strife · 03-03-09

This is a no-go for me in my Antec 1200. It's just impossible.

Won't matter anyhow, my case fans are significantly louder than my drives anyhow.

dragosmp · 03-03-09

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Originally Posted by low strife

This is a no-go for me in my Antec 1200. It's just impossible.

Won't matter anyhow, my case fans are significantly louder than my drives anyhow.

If the fans are noisier, there's probably no point (though I would try it anyhow). Still, any 5.25" bay should be good enough

diligenthunter · 03-03-09

Just thought I'd add this picture as another example.

dragosmp · 03-03-09

Thanks for the post mate, great picture. Rep+ for helping out with the thread.

Maddog7771 · 03-03-09

Their is an app called hardware monitor used to monitor your system temps

dragosmp · 03-22-09

Finally added some pics in the first post, courtesy of diligenthunter. Real good work, though you may end up paying more for the elastic strips then the 1$ I mentioned at the begining

kidshenlong · 04-25-09

Nice thread, made me lol. Rep+

Le_Loup · 04-28-09

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Originally Posted by dragosmp

The SATA connector has ground wires, so whatever comes thru the power cables, goes back thru the ground cables. If you are refering to static electricity, the HDD is a Faraday cage, so the inside can't be affected; the outside, the electronic parts, are grounded thru the SATA connector.

The simplest way to tackle this issue (if there is one) is to tie the end of a wire with a screw on the hdd, and the other end with another screw on the ede of the 5.25". Still, why would that be necesary, I'm pretty curious...

For those of us who unfortunately have to seat the harddrive case on shag carpet (fortunately not me), or similar, static is standard. So it's better safe then sorry...

- Le_Loup

Just a thought. But good thread!

dragosmp · 04-29-09

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Originally Posted by Le_Loup

For those of us who unfortunately have to seat the harddrive case on shag carpet (fortunately not me), or similar, static is standard. So it's better safe then sorry...

- Le_Loup

Just a thought. But good thread!

Yep, I had for a few months my rig on the carpet, it gave a nice geeky look to my college room. In that case static was a major issue for me, too as the rig was pretty erratic from time to time. Finally buying a case helped

WeAreNotAlone · 06-16-09

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Originally Posted by ericeod

The infimous rubberband mod! The easiest way is to pass the industrial strength rubberband through the mounting hole and the slide a toothbick, or if there is room, a pencil into the loop on the outside of the drive cage:

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet,

But it won't hurt to put a layer of non-conductive material in the bottom of the cage. Maybe a layer of rubber from a old innertube- Which BTW you should be able to source FREE from any place that services truck tires /farm equipment.

Two reasons:
Cushion drive if mounting system breaks
Keep drive from shorting out on something if mounting system breaks

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