NEVER do that last hack. IT ruines your HDD even more. Unless it's a solid state, ( which doesn't need rubber XD ) It is still a device that needs to read info while spinning very fast. By moving it even more there will be also more corruption written on the HDD. Eventually it will even loosen every part up, so it will die on you. So DO NOT DO IT.

@SkookumChoocher

7 жыл бұрын

That's nonsense. I don't recommend to hang the harddrive in this way (the flat rubber band, moreover without any washers under the screw heads can deteriorate over time or due to vibrations and the harddrive can fall down, which would be a serious problem), but a flexible suspension won't do any harm to the drives. I've a home server with two drives held by bungee cords (but in a much much more robust way than shown in the video) running 24/7 for many years without any problem. There's one important thing as somebody mentioned in the comments, and that's cooling - I installed a fan in front of the harddrives to blow cool air from outside of the case directly at the drives.

@TomasWille

7 жыл бұрын

sumixSTYXX You have a point, but i would strongly advice not to use any RPM hard drives in a way that can make it wiggle during use. My advice would be that the rubber straps aren't that bad, but turn it tight between the HDD and it's case mount. It will mute the vibrations with it but it will remain fixed. About why it's killing the HDD when moving, is that i have really bad experience with it, furthermore this warning is all over the internet and in all HDD manuals. But to make it general, just buy an SSD. Saves a lot of problems. Also faster.

@SkookumChoocher

7 жыл бұрын

I agree that the HDD shouldn't be just wiggling around when the case moves even a tiny bit, yes, it should be fixed pretty tightly, but also a bit flexibly to cancel the vibrations and to not transfer them to the case which could then amplify them and cause more noise. I'm not so sure about the SSDs, I use one as a system drive, but have been reluctant so far to use it as data storage since I don't trust it as much as an HDD, but time will tell and maybe I'll change my opinion in the future.

@nerf123dca

7 жыл бұрын

its a shock absorber you silly. the hdd is not functioning anymore its just there to absorb all vibrations. he mentioned that you can use the disk drive too of you dont use them anymore. he just used an old one for an example.

@elek101

7 жыл бұрын

sumixSTYXX SSD is more reliable than a HDD O.o

Also, if you don't happen to have a rubber band handy, just get 30ft of SATA cable and let your HDD dangle on it through your office window. Certain adverse side effects are likely, but I guarantee that the noise will be greatly reduced.

@tomw8655

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, Gotta try that. Still have enough old sata cables laying around, Have a big windows Close to my pc, So it will be perfect, Plus when it rains i have a water cooled HDD. What better do you want.

@addydiesel6627

3 жыл бұрын

Er what about the birds, they will defacate droppings on the drive which will cause overheating 🤢

@DL-kc8fc

10 ай бұрын

@@addydiesel6627 Therefore, it is necessary to immerse the HDD in a bucket of water and let it hang from the window by the SATA cable. It is necessary to change the water occasionally. In order for the cooling to be effective, it is a good idea to drill several holes in the HDD.

or just use the HDD as a secondary Harddrive..

@Appal.

7 жыл бұрын

baybe it doesn't work, who knows

@zioxei

7 жыл бұрын

I have an HDD which is so old that it can't be plugged in to new PCs so...

@TwistyTrav

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe is an old 80GB HDD, which is now obsolete.

@Appal.

7 жыл бұрын

probably

@asmitpoudel4068

7 жыл бұрын

Gameniti v

FYI- I use the earth magnets on my motorcycle. I place them on the frame on the bottom of the bike. This gives the motorcycle more "mass" when I stop at a stop light. The magnetic sensor in the road will now detect the bike as a car and change the light.

@sciencermega8323

7 жыл бұрын

Damn yoru profile photo is so actracting

@johnhincks1298

7 жыл бұрын

Michael 732 x

@evergriven7402

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

@lyraheartstrings8280

7 жыл бұрын

Does this really help? I get stuck at red lights a lot with my motorcycle and it buggs me a great deal. But I imagine, that the magnets are too weak. I ride an Motorcycle with a lot of space between the engine and the road

@SeldomPooper

7 жыл бұрын

Michael 732 is talking bullshit.

those were 2 ideas? or am i missing one, sandpaper - rubber

@GunwantBhambra

7 жыл бұрын

magnets

@ThePikab0t

7 жыл бұрын

Cha gia gurru

@SaleemKhan-im1ko

7 жыл бұрын

+Gunwant Bhambra qdrwjtch bnxn ifuvghr

@paulsimpson6290

7 жыл бұрын

But the rubber shock-absorbers are not a use of an old HDD, or am I missing something?

@paulsimpson6290

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

Wtf was the thumbnail that thing wasn't even in the video!

@jamescree6331

7 жыл бұрын

It's known as clickbait.

@jayc2469

7 жыл бұрын

I know! It was nowhere in sight in the -Western Digital Advert- ahem sorry this video!

@victornpb

7 жыл бұрын

i1.ytimg.com/vi/n7CA2orjnXY/maxresdefault.jpg so much click bait

@jayc2469

7 жыл бұрын

***** oh yeah, it's one of those over-unity drives - coated with GP Gr -eencell- , -Pretty- Batteries, with -Western Digital- inside!

@richbooth8948

7 жыл бұрын

Trump Click bait! Thumbnail shows 2x9v batteries shorted out in an old hard drive case. What is the point?

I was a computer repair tech in undergrad, so naturally I would experiment on my own home computer. To make that easier I lightly rested the case on the computer so I could remove it quickly. One day I decided my loft was dirty so I plugged in the vacuum cleaner, not realizing someone had not turned the on switch to off and had just unplugged the vacuum to turn it off. As soon as I plugged it in I heard a surging sound, very fast, then some pops. I realized immediately that my computer had taken a surge. I pulled the case off to see small flares of flame coming off several of the chips. All I could think was, "That sucked."

I like how you talk, seems like you're really ready and energetic for a video

Click bait thumbnail as always.

@Appal.

7 жыл бұрын

nope, it say exactly what he is going to do, it don't even say, "INCREDIBLE AMAZING MAGICS WITH HDD (GONE WRONG) (GONE SEXUAL)"

@hompalai

7 жыл бұрын

Misleading thumbnail, it has nothing to do with the title.

@Appal.

7 жыл бұрын

Why? He did show what could you do with an hard disk, like transforming it in other stuff

@keenansmith6163

7 жыл бұрын

ricardo benvenuto It's deceiving. When I saw it I thought hmm either this is click bait or he's doing something interesting with the HDD and those batteries. Turns out he wasn't and had a pretty normal idea.

@Appal.

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, Ok, now I understand

I love the disk sander idea! thanks a lot!

Great ideas but I wouldn't use the inner tube mount. I would use the inner tubes as a buffer on the sides of the drive and then mount the drive as usual with the screws. The rubber will still absorb vibrations but you won't have to worry about the drive swinging freely which can be bad if the computer is knocked over while it's running.

how the hdd was able to keep running forever when connected to psu i have old hdd it run onnly 2-3 minuts and then stops and the hdd motor even doesn't start without plugging in data cable

What I regret is actually coming to this video. Worst advice ever about suspending the HD from rubber straps.

@GimiBsk

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would actually increase the vibrations..

Use the spinning action of the platter for a sanding wheel!?! Great idea!

the hdd anti-vibration hack ist only to use with activ cooling system!!! or you need an 25°C HDD

You forgot to mention that HDD motors are not simple 2 terminal motors which you can just stick to power source. If HDD electronic is dead/missing/whatever, there has to be driver circuit to spin the HDD motor with precisely timed impulses to each of it's pins. Arduino + few transistors and resistors are suitable. Also, HDD motor speed can be finely adjusted with right circuit.

@DL-kc8fc

10 ай бұрын

If the motor's electronics are not damaged (the motor rotates), the handyman will be surprised by the fact that the motor stops after 20-40 seconds. It is necessary to turn the power off and on again to get the motor to start turning again.

Great video. But here my HD works for just a few seconds, then I must unplug it and plug again. I did something wrong? How can I make it work all the time that it is connected on power source? Tnx!

hey I just love ur videos ... it's always amazing to watch.

A lot of you guys clearly missed the point of that last hack entirely. It's not a working drive that's suspended by the rubber straps, it's the old dud one, hence why there are no power or data cables plugged into it. The point of the hack is to (in theory at least) absorb micro vibrations from the case so that they don't propagate through to the working drive(s).

you are a great youtuber but pls make thumbnails from your vudeo not a random pic

What type of charger/power supply did you use?

HDD might heat too much without direct connection to metal case, and then you can kiss goodbye to your new hard drive.

The HDD mini sharpener is genius. I never thought of that.

Sorry This is probably a dumb question but how did u get that disk to spin I tore up the little thing with the magnets is mine junk now I don’t see any other motors that will spin the disk

i have a working DvD drive can u please tel me how well can I use on my tab, led tv or any other device!! if i need to buy additional equipments to support it i am okay!!!!

*Description:* All too often people are used to getting rid of old staffs *Me:* still laughing xDD

Creating rubber shocks like that makes it worse as the drive will now spin and wobble consistently decreasing it's maximum lifetime. The sand paper idea was pretty good though, I have hundreds of dead drives and I'm sure I'll use that idea at some point.

Simply genial! In these videos, I have the proof that I'm not wrong to make a motor with an HDD! But, I want to know before beginning is which precaution I must take about manipulation of the HDD's PCB (under the disk)? That really EDS sensitive? The HDD motor seems to be powerful enough to "drive" something as a fan! Here, I notice that the disc acts as a flywheel!

LOL. I was just wondering if I could make a sanding/sharpening station out of my dying hard drive so I was looking for ideas for what I could do with it and what do you know. I was not the only one :D If a hard drive disk is spinning at 7200RPM and it has a diameter of ~9cm, the outer edge is moving at little over 30 meters per second! Not too shabby at all for light work ;) But it's not a portable HDD as the one in this video so how should I power it? hmmm....

This is still a great video. I got like 10 dead hard drives that Ive been wanting to do something with that is very similar to what you're doing. Although I'm not a fan of the last one as the hard is very balance sensitive and it will affect it in the long run. Thus the ten dead hard drives lol

Hey how did u power the HDD motor ??? Can u please help with that??

wow. amazing... Wanted a way to keep my Exactos sharp. saved me a ton. ty

what is the supply source given to the drive.??

I've dismantled dozens of HD's to salvage the magnets...how do you separate the magnets from the mounting bracket? What kind of bonding glue to they use and how to dissolve it....I've tried to pry the magnets off, no success. Any help ?

I once pulled my graphics cats put without unclipping it and tore the whole connector out.

@jamescree6331

7 жыл бұрын

+Austin Lock What? You pulled your "graphics cats put"?

@PrinceWesterburg

7 жыл бұрын

It explains a lot in that phrase really doesn't it? XD

@CB-xr1eg

7 жыл бұрын

Predictive text, or just plain old bad typing?

@jamescree6331

7 жыл бұрын

+Clive Bindley You never heard of graphics cats?

@jamescree6331

7 жыл бұрын

+Austin Lock A good joke never dies. Long live the graphics cats!

Where do you get all ideas?

Am new at this stuff. Will the HDD platter spin just like that when you connect it to a power supply? Or, do you have to connect it to a power from PC or any other computer?

@aturogs1954

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks....

Does a SATA drive also power up, when only the power is connected?

if you found screwable magnets, fix them on a wall in your kitchen or your lab to put screwdrivers, cutters or knives on it, if you get enough of plates, you can fix them on a plank of wiid plastic or watever to make a nice decirative mirror

HDD has to be static. If not, it will be broken...

do you have any idea how they make a tweeter for speakers?

wow the disk installation is great :D

But how do you convert the power adapter you used with the knife sharpener into 2x 9 vlt batteries as show on the thumbnail of your video? explain pls

wonderful video !!!

How to run hdd motor? Please create a video about this. Thank you.

Will the magnets work on manual transmission oil

I use an emty beer bottle to keep my graphics card from bending. So far it does exactly what i need it to do =) and it looks helarious too, holding up a 1070 GTX Amp Extreme xD!

Can this be made from an old CD player too

That last one was GREAT!

old HDDs should be stable .... -_-

I don't usually like his ideas but the sharpener/grinder one is awesome!

how can I run hard drive without power supply

cool ideas. i once unpluged a hdd while it was on. i slipped saw sparks and my shiny new 10gb drive was fried. sounds tiny compared to drives today.

When I was small I connected a IDE HDD to my Dads Pc - when it was on Unfortunately the Motherboard got fried to death xD

This was brilliant

Screwing your Harddrives in makes them give their Heat to the inner Case, so they can cool down faster. Don't use rubber bands

Something I done to my computer which I regret a little bit now - I was using a peltier Thermo Electric Cooling, to cool the CPU for overclocking. I managed to get the CPU to -10c and all was going well. I noticed the temp start to creep up from -10 and eventually reached 1c so I knew something was wrong and decided to take a look inside. The temp increase was due to a partial blockage in the water cooling system but not only that, the 30AMP connectors I had used for the Thermo Electric Cooling plate had got so hot that the positive and negative terminals had melted and were seconds away from the metal contacts touching each other. I decided to remove it all and return to plain water cooling to be safe. I still have the components for a rainy day :)

So the "3 ideas" are... Two magnets and a disk sharpener?

@BastiElektronik

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Wright seems so

@Viewer19

5 жыл бұрын

Rubber suspension for HD

I switched that red switch on the power supply and BOOM need a new power supply and my ears are ringing. great

@michalnemecek3575

4 жыл бұрын

yup, the 230V/110V switch. Our teacher warned us about that. What's really unfair is that when you switch it to the EU setting in the US, nothing happens, but it explodes when you set it to US in the EU

Another great video. You really must post your content on steemit!😜👍🏻

Soo... I only saw one idea (grinder/sharpener.. Where are the rest?

Owch, and i forget about the hdd will stop spinning in about 2 minutes after power on. Of cause if you didn`t power it with external power source and use it own controller board.

Thanks for the idea using HDD as emery grinder. I knew that the plates can be driven after the magnets have been removed. I always keep all the magnets as well the Torx screws. This was awesome idea and I really can use it.

Some hard drives will continue spinning when the heads are removed, some will shut down when they detect the drive head error. It will not always work.

Here's a freebie for you: remove the disc from the drive and use it as a shiny element in a wind chime. They make a rather nice "ting" when struck. The reflective properties allows them to catch flashes of light nicely at night, too. Just make sure to wipe the drive of all data first or the bad people may steal it!

Didn't know what exactly caused the noise and just punched in the middle of PC case top side. As a result - malfunctioning HDD and aching hand XD. Later I found out that it was PSU fan that made such noise.

please specify the wire which you have used to power hdd

Amazing idea

When I was 9 years old, I put a stick of ram into a computer backwards while it was running and completely fried the ram and motherboard. Looking back, it was a good death for a junky old pc.

If you are using Windows, dedicate the old drive as Swap Space (managed by Windows) and set the new drive to have no (0) Swap Space. I have used this option since Windows 3.1.1. Dedicated Swap Space is faster and more reliable than Dynamic Swap Space (default). Cheaper than a new computer for a noticable speed increase. Otherwise, install Linux or buy a Mac.

How disk is still running after the removal of head mechanism?🤔🤔 After removing the head, disk of my hard drive is not running. 🙁🙁 What can I do to run the disk?

which model of HDD does not stop working (rotating platters) when the circuit board does not get any data from the heads? pls tell the ppl that U have to drive the motor with another power source than the driver of the HDD itself

I have a question,where are you from?

Mount hdd normally but with rubber at screw mount points. Should benefit both hdd and noise reduction. Probably a tight fit though.

Ideis inteligente! Rio RJ Brasil

Wow, that knife sharpener looks great. Very nice! Esti roman, nu?? :) :D Ps. Am vazut clipul cu capacele de sticle(dorna) si am realizat :)) N am vazut nimic in romana si am zis ca poate si pe straini ii cheama Ursu. :)

@bigdogdmx

7 жыл бұрын

e din chisinau. :)

@jamescree6331

7 жыл бұрын

+DMXtreme What the fuck are you idiots babbling about? Lol

I didn't do it, but a friend of mine used to do on-site tech support fixing computers. He told me that one time he went into the police station to fix a "broken" monitor. When he got there it took less than a second to figure out the problem. It seems one of the police officers got so mad at his computer that he pulled out his service pistol and shot the screen right there in the middle of the police station.

I once made a computer explode in ICT in school

@joelrolo1915

7 жыл бұрын

Jakub Hobl lol

@elek101

7 жыл бұрын

Someone turned the supply of the pc off and changed it from 230v to 110v.. So when i turned it on the power supply exploded :D

@youneshamad2008

7 жыл бұрын

Jakub Hobl

I spilt a whole cup of tea on my laptop... now a couple of the keys are a bit worse to type on than the others, even after cleaning.

LOVE THE Micro Disk Grinder (MDG).. And who can live without magnets? Good, high quality vid. Thanks. RE: Drive hanging loose: Drives can run hot. It depends on the drive or course (mfg, mdl, RPM, design). I've worked with hard-drives, well.. before there were hard drives.. cough cough. Some stay COOL.. others you could could a steak on. Usually the faster spinning ones, =>10K. I've gone as far as to mount heat sinks to the sides to keep the temps reasonable. Hanging out in the air, well.. ouch? A good metal case with the drive in contact makes a GR8T heat sink. Even adding some heat sink compound to the sides (for the H.O.T. ones:) Not to many electronic devices like heat, or run better with heat. Just my 4 cents. Thank you for the video! Cheers.

Помню смотрел тебя когда-то с того времени много чего изменилось 😅

cant wait to sharpen my screw driver and make it not function anymore

so i had bought this usb killer thingy and my sister plugged it in to her computer, thinking she would find stuff i did'nt want her to see.. hah revenge

@Kyana04

6 ай бұрын

Lol

Congratulations for the 600 k subscribe 😘

I used the magnet out of mine for the trigger on my Google cardboard that I made, wasn't sure if it would be too strong so wrapped it up in electric tape and put a few small elastic bands on it to use as a strap to go on my fingers, so when ever I want to trigger the switch I just lift my hand up and swipe it past the side of my Google cardboard. works perfect

@untrust2033

5 жыл бұрын

wouldn't the magnets damage your phone?

Awesome thanks for sharing your knowledge. I just usually destroy them with a hammer.

The thing that I regret doing is installing windows 98 on it

@Anonymous_Music

4 жыл бұрын

W...WHY???, Why would you install windows 98 on it?

that disc inside is moterfucking clean

how you give powersupply to harddisk

What was the third idea of what to do with an old HDD? I've seen only two: Extract the magnets and the disk sander. Also, the thumbnail shows 2 9V batteries inside a hard drive case, what is that all about?

They can recycle them and make better servers, they can make them hybrid with USB instead of SSD, also they can add two Actuator arms to speed up the hard drives, and they can make a new port for faster data transfer.

can you make a lapidary wheel I saw there was a magnetic switch method to enable the hard drive remotely I still want to make a DJ controller

The sharpener is so cool! Thx

Dude this last hack ist sooo INSAAANE MINDBLOWING cause I have no HDD slides so I use an inner tube thanks for the idea

My Story: I just built a brand new PC totallly decked out (2009 decked out) . I have it laying on it side with the side cover removed. Power it up for the first time just to make sure it works and all before I finalize cable routing and whatnot (including putting the covers on). So it boots up, I check BIOS and stuff to make sure all the RAM/CPU speeds are correct, basic first boot shenanigans. Everything looks good so I save the BIOS settings and reach towards the back of the case to turn off the main power at the PSU. I had a dime in my hand for whatever reason and as I open my hand to flip the switch, the dime falls out of my hand and lands on the exposed and powered up motherboard. I hear a click, the screen goes blank and the PC shuts off. First Im thinking "ok maybe it went into some sort of protect mode, a reset and it will be fine". Push the power button - nothing happens. Unplug the PSU, wait a second, plug it back in, and push the power button - nothing happens. For the next hour or so I try in vain to get it to boot - swap PSUs/swap RAM/check and recheck all connections (even though in the back of my head I know that stupid fucking dime shorted out the board and its dead. I finally admit defeat and cry myself to sleep.. Long story short Im an idiot that dropped a dime into my BRAND NEW PC and fucking killed it. The most amazing part is that it didnt just kill the MB, it killed the MB, CPU, AND THE FUCKING RAM! I have no idea how the hell it happened. This was the very first (and last) PC I ruined because of my own stupidity. P.s. If theres typos, grammar/punctuation errors I dont care, It 420 am and I really dont feel like proofreading this whole thing..

@fpv568

7 жыл бұрын

jerseyforlife wow. RIp

@a2j964

6 жыл бұрын

I feel you bro.!

@numb3r663

6 жыл бұрын

you dropped the dime.

@ehcnjq

6 жыл бұрын

Your dime may have caused connection from 5V to 1,8V supply, which damages CPU, RAM and ROM(Basics).

the rubber pieces holding the hard drive would cause more damage to it than just being screwed in, sure when its screwed in it will take a lot of the impact, but its better than it slamming into the side of the case and taking even more damage

>forgets to take data off old drive

@luminumlx2604

4 жыл бұрын

RIP porn

I scratched my mobo whilst taking off a panel :c Worked like a charm afterwards c:

I am not sure if adding these thick rubber bands to the HDD is very healthy, caus a spinning disc drive needs to be mounted firm to the case to eliminate the risk of stressing the parts of the disc that rotate. If you pick up a external Hdd you will feel the momentum of the spinning disc and the smal wobbels of the drive will make the lifespan of the drive shorter. But still it is not like the drive will fail in a month or something.

Once i use a defrag tool and damaged my hdd and needed a new one