bass vibrations and hard drives

[HaxorNubcake]

Could the vibrations from the bass of a subwoofer potentially damage a harddrive? How often does this occur?

This could be a stupid question, but I often feel the vibrations all over the room and I doubt that they're good for the hdd.

 

[Raduque]

I haven't noticed.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I don't think it should be an issue... while I don't have the power of two of my subs that yoyoyohowsdajello does, I have one similar to his smaller one (more output, not as low). It's enough to make most people feel like they're going to throw up, vibrate pants against their hair legs, etc. I don't have any issue and don't forsee any... important files are backed up anyway. I've also got some breeding tanks for my aquarium stuff in the room and it's not been an issue at all.

Which sub do you have? Since you're asking, chances are you're fine

 

[Zangetsu]

i sure hope not, with as many movies as i watch with my 500 watt speakers

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: Zangetsu
i sure hope not, with as many movies as i watch with my 500 watt speakers

You're new and so I'm hesitating saying anything, but if you base your speakers on watts alone, you're fine and your equipment won't have any issues

Note to all: While I am not a researcher, my best is that you'd have to get into some serious subwoofers to do anything measurable... I know people with over $20k of audio equipment in the same room as their computers and don't have any issues. Obviously they aren't sitting around listening to random songs to test it, but since none of those guys are having issues, I don't see many of us facing this.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I don't think it should be an issue... while I don't have the power of two of my subs that yoyoyohowsdajello does, I have one similar to his smaller one (more output, not as low). It's enough to make most people feel like they're going to throw up, vibrate pants against their hair legs, etc. I don't have any issue and don't forsee any... important files are backed up anyway. I've also got some breeding tanks for my aquarium stuff in the room and it's not been an issue at all.

Which sub do you have? Since you're asking, chances are you're fine

In the HT (where my laptop is sometimes) there is a Hsu STF-3, and in my room under my desk, the klipsch promedia sub. I haven't noticed any damage but I was just wondering if the potential was there

 

[SlowSpyder]

The sub for my Z5500's is about 4 feet away from my PC. No problems so far.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Since the disk is spinning as fast as they do, it should damper a lot of low frequency interference.

Normally, hard drives fail due to shock more than vibrations: Like when you drop them and the arm literally jumps off track, or moving parts sieze.

 

[MichaelD]

If the breeding fishies can survive, so can your hard drive. It rhymes, so it must be right. :thumbsup:

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If the breeding fishies can survive, so can your hard drive. It rhymes, so it must be right. :thumbsup:

I was worried about the health of my fishtank for a bit - there's an wireless AP, a 5.8GHz phone base, and a couple floor-standers nearby.

They seem to be fine.

- M4H

 

[Mark R]

I don't know about damage, but vibration can massively reduce hard drive performance.

I don't know how much vibration a big sub will produce without destroying your hearing, but it might be significant. I once broke a CPU fan (snapped a blade off), which caused the computer to vibrate - the hard drive worked really, really slowly until I got a new fan (practically floppy drive speed).

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If the breeding fishies can survive, so can your hard drive. It rhymes, so it must be right. :thumbsup:

I was worried about the health of my fishtank for a bit - there's an wireless AP, a 5.8GHz phone base, and a couple floor-standers nearby.

They seem to be fine.

- M4H

*tsk-tsk-tsk* Your situation is completely different. You're irradiating your fishies. They will glow in the dark soon...and change the channel on your TV by looking at it. :shocked:

Vibrations are one thing...HF assault is another entirely. Please take pics of said glow in the dark fishies.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: Mark R
I don't know about damage, but vibration can massively reduce hard drive performance.

I don't know how much vibration a big sub will produce without destroying your hearing, but it might be significant. I once broke a CPU fan (snapped a blade off), which caused the computer to vibrate - the hard drive worked really, really slowly until I got a new fan (practically floppy drive speed).

um...you sure your computer wasn't just overheating and dying without a cpu fan...?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: Mark R
I don't know about damage, but vibration can massively reduce hard drive performance.

I don't know how much vibration a big sub will produce without destroying your hearing, but it might be significant. I once broke a CPU fan (snapped a blade off), which caused the computer to vibrate - the hard drive worked really, really slowly until I got a new fan (practically floppy drive speed).

um...you sure your computer wasn't just overheating and dying without a cpu fan...?

fans will still run with one fan snapped off. best bet (if it were really related) would be a harmonic imbalance causing access issues. but i highly doubt they were related at all anyway.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

No issues with these so far
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughli...urrent%20Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG

I'm still getting good output in the the low teens with them. The Ultra is about 2 feet away from my PC and the Plus is right next to my ex-gf's comp in that pic.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If the breeding fishies can survive, so can your hard drive. It rhymes, so it must be right. :thumbsup:

I was worried about the health of my fishtank for a bit - there's an wireless AP, a 5.8GHz phone base, and a couple floor-standers nearby.

They seem to be fine.

- M4H

*tsk-tsk-tsk* Your situation is completely different. You're irradiating your fishies. They will glow in the dark soon...and change the channel on your TV by looking at it. :shocked:

Vibrations are one thing...HF assault is another entirely. Please take pics of said glow in the dark fishies.

Sweet. Maybe I can toss some Shake N Bake in there, and they'll pre-bread and cook themselves.

- M4H

 

[Minerva]

If the hard drive is properly mounted in a RIGID fashion you will have no issues with any bass levels that a human can withstand that's for sure. No mass market sub for home use is going to come close.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Dude, don't mount your drive on the subwooofer cone! Tell me you did not glue it to the driver cone. Doh! How can one person be so daft!

 

[mchammer]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
No issues with these so far
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/0%20Current%20Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaug......nt%20Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG</a>

I'm still getting good output in the the low teens with them. The Ultra is about 2 feet away from my PC and the Plus is right next to my ex-gf's comp in that pic.

:Q When was this?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mchammer

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
No issues with these so far
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughli...urrent%20Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/0%20Current%20Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmcl.........0Room/5%20Back%20of%20Room.JPG</a></a>

I'm still getting good output in the the low teens with them. The Ultra is about 2 feet away from my PC and the Plus is right next to my ex-gf's comp in that pic.

:Q When was this?

About Valentine's Day.

 

[Kaido]

I was wondering about this too, I want to put a Car PC next to a couple 10's.

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: Mark R
I don't know about damage, but vibration can massively reduce hard drive performance.

I don't know how much vibration a big sub will produce without destroying your hearing, but it might be significant. I once broke a CPU fan (snapped a blade off), which caused the computer to vibrate - the hard drive worked really, really slowly until I got a new fan (practically floppy drive speed).

um...you sure your computer wasn't just overheating and dying without a cpu fan...?

Absolutely, definitely sure.

With the broken fan running and vibrating - the hard drive barely worked.

If I disconnected or stuck a finger in the CPU fan, within a few seconds the hard drive would come back to normal operation. At least, it would until the CPU overheated and the comp crashed.