Thread: michigan roads suck

Hehehe...welcome to Detroit's ****ty roads. I put a good amount of eggshell cushioning top and bottom. A laptop HD will also help a whole lot. Glad to have another Michigander on board!

PoBoy

How do have the drive mounted (I know you said vertically...)? On springs? How is the player mounted?

Killing hard drives is a pretty rare thing around here (surprisingly) and usually boils down to improper mounting, or a bad power supply. I can guarantee you that mine sees way more abuse than yours ever does, and I have had no HD problems (once I removed my crappy HD suspension system)...

Its mounted vertically just inside the case itself. No padding around it and the case isn't on springs. Its just sitting on the floor. We just are not sure what is the best way to go about protecting the hard drive.

Kinda just looking for the best way to mount the hard drive.

We've only crashed 1 drive so far cause the case wasn't put in a secure location, and was allowed to slide on the floor and into a door.

Just wondering if the drive will crash if we secure it where its gonna go, and leave the drive inside the case.

I think that using some thin gel (or similar) substance to protect the hard drive is a good idea. something that will just help to increase the time that large shocks takes... laptops do this to help protect their hard drives. if you're in an offroader or have stiff suspention (which someone else was mentioning) then you might want to think of this.

But really, just get a new hard drive, make sure that the data is backed up, and then make use of the 3 year free replacement warranty

(BTW - I think that this is the 75,000th post on this board! w00t!)

I put a 3 year old laptop hdd in mine that had been ran almost 24/7 (I would suspend the lapotp to drive to work and back, but it ran at work and home constantaly). Mine is simply screwed to top of my chassis and has survived PA roads. I have driven in OH, MI, IL, IN, KY, TN, PA, WV, MD, VA, probabally more but can't remember, PA has the worst roads of all, even when they repave their roads still are bunmpy.

you have not seen ****ty roads until you have been to detroit/michigan, they are simply awful. try driving down telegraph road on a motorcycle and you will learn the true meaning of fear...

back on topic, i read a post on these forums that said mounting the HDD vertically can fsck up the heads, and he said mounting it horizontally is safer. im confused as what "vertically" and "horizontally" mean. i assume horizontally means the same as mounting it flat ie a cdrom drive, and vertically would be on its side, like in a lian-li case w/ the hard drive enclosure

so, you guys are suggesting to mount the case solidly to the floor and have the hd rapped in some kind of padding??? i have seen a few cars on this site that the case is not even attached to the vehicles chassis... you guys have any pictures or links of building your cases and mounting the hd??? that would help out more than words... thanx

someone must surely have some pics on how they've installed their hd... i am just kinda lost on the "padding" that we all are suggesting to use...

is your HDD a 3.5" or laptop size? My laptop size is mounted solid to my chassis setting in a hole in my overhead console. It has survived PA roads where I have hit holes that made all 4 tires leave the pavement.