IT guys and engineers - vibrating a PC with a sub...

[MDV]

....sound reasoning, I suppose.

I backup to a pretty paranoid degree - It'll be fine

The HDs arent exactly cr@p either - WD caviar blacks. They arent exactly known for their failure rate (5 year warranty I think)

[JDC]

ah so it ain't just me who goes for 5 year warranty drives

[impossible]

I think the shock absorbing mounts are a good idea - The more decoupled the hard drive is the better, I would've thought. If it's hard-mounted to the case then the case will act like a great big antenna for vibration (much like the outer ear or a satellite dish)

[Denim n Leather]

I think the shock absorbing mounts are a good idea - The more decoupled the hard drive is the better, I would've thought. If it's hard-mounted to the case then the case will act like a great big antenna for vibration (much like the outer ear or a satellite dish)

But will those vibrations be audible once 20+ tracks are piled up and then 95% of the resolution is thrown out the window then the mixdown is converted to mp3?

[impossible]

But will those vibrations be audible once 20+ tracks are piled up and then 95% of the resolution is thrown out the window then the mixdown is converted to mp3?

I should hope not, I was more worried about shaking the hard drive and causing write head issues.

I've given many hard drives some pretty rough treatment over the years, dropping and bashing them, or dropping and bashing the computer they're in, and none of them have ever had problems but I've never subjected one to sustained heavy vibration. Did once drop a tower out of a very high boot in a people carrier, that computer's currently purring away happily a year later under my desk.