lol! I dunno if i'm gonna be using the stock PS3 hd anymore...

[aphex]

So I took the 120gb HD from my macbook and was going to pop it in the PS3.

For some reason, the screws in the PS3 factory HD caddy were super tight, so as I'm getting in there to turn the screw with some decent force, it slipped out of my hands. The 40gb stock HD in the caddy went flying a good 10-15 feet and landed on my tile floor, bouncing and skidding another 5-7 feet.

lol, i'm sure its fine, right? 🙂

 

[Aikouka]

Possibly. HDDs are fairly resilient as long as they're not spinning. I'd say you're lucky the caddy was actually on it as that could've protected the board. Hook it up to a PC and run a test or two, you might be alright.

 

[mugs]

Lefty-loosy, righty-tighty

 

[BladeVenom]

It will probably still work. If hard drives can survive USPS, and UPS....

Just don't drop one while they're running.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

The 40gb stock HD in the caddy went flying a good 10-15 feet and landed on my tile floor, bouncing and skidding another 5-7 feet.

I'd be more concerned about your floor. Considering you're concerned, I'm guessing tile or hardwood?

The stock HDs make for nice storage for some torrents. 🙂

 

[randay]

damn, have you been working out?

 

[JAH]

No kidding about the super tight screws. I replace my 60GB HDD with a 250GB, and nearly wore out all the screws before they finally come off.

 

[TigerMonsoonDragon]

use it for pr0n

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: JAH
No kidding about the super tight screws. I replace my 60GB HDD with a 250GB, and nearly wore out all the screws before they finally come off.

you were just using the wrong tool. phillips heads are particularly succeptable to stripping, make sure to use a driver that fits well before applying a lot of torque or youll just start stripping the head.

 

[Eeezee]

HDDs are very resilient so long as they're not running. There used to be videos where someone would drop a HDD off a building and then use it in a computer 😛 I remember reading years ago that a HDD will survive (with data intact) at up to something like 50 g's so long as the drive is off (it's something like 3-4 g's while running).

The drive itself should be fine. I'd give it a try if I were you. There's obviously no guarantee that it'll work, but I bet it'll be okay to keep using the drive.