Hard Drive Mod?

[sep]

I recently seen a Hard Drive Mod that someone added a window to the top of the hard drive. Anyone know of some articles that could help in this mod? I also seen one with a small (think it was 4inches) CC light inside.

Thanks in Advance,
-JC

 

[dml54]

I saw a hard drive mod with an LED in it. I'll find the link and post it for you. I saved it somewhere

 

[cheapgoose]

go over to bit-tech.net, there's a whole bunch of hdd mods.

 

[dml54]

Can't find the one I was looking for, but I had a couple others
One
Two
Three
Hope these help you some

 

[BoomAM]

HD window mods are very very ricky imo.
Even a slight amount of dust or dirt on the plates can fcuk it up.

 

[dnuggett]

Not to mention you are now changing the designed windspeed and pressure that the drive relies on to lift the head from the platter. I bet we see alot of dead sectors and dead drives out of this. Nothing against modding, just an observation.

 

[sep]

I'm not going to use a brand new 200GB drive for this. I've got a 13GB IBM Deskstar that works great. I don't think I'll be to upset if the mod fails on this drive. It's just going to be for looks. If everything goes fine and I don't see any problem with performance/sectors/etc. then I'm going do it on the 160GB!

Thanks for the info! Anyone else try this and got some tips?
-JC

 

[cheapgoose]

here's a tip, don't do it on the 160 and good luck.