can my sub mess with my comp

**omlax19** · 05-30-2004, 09:37 AM

will the magnet mess up my comp and will the vibration mess up my hard drive or anything

**morgant6911** · 05-30-2004, 05:52 PM

If you place the magnet close to the hard drive or a floppy disc, yes it will erase it, and possibly damage it. I would place it as far away from the sub as possible to keep it from getting jarred from vibration.

**Sinorm** · 05-30-2004, 06:03 PM

The power of a magnetic field depriciates as a function of 1 / r^2. Even if you were to rub your hard drive against the magnent on the sub, it is very unlikely it would damage anything (floppy disks are a different story because they are far thinner). Unless you plan on mounting your hard drive to the sub's magnent, your safe.

I know people on this forum before have mounted their computers inside sub boxes, and as far as I know, they havn't had any problems. You should be fine.

**lgbr** · 05-30-2004, 06:10 PM

make sure everything is mounted nicely. I've had a lot of problems with my subs rattling the video card out of place

**Pudge** · 05-30-2004, 07:01 PM

Hard drive magnet is not a problem, looks for Leslie's setup, he's got it right close, not a problem.

**dank_Army** · 05-31-2004, 04:55 PM

its something i worried about when planning my install, but dont worry about it.

Ive got a JL audio 12w6 in the boot about 1 foot away from the carputer, it doesn't do jack to it even up full.

Regards

John

**RaviPras** · 06-01-2004, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by dank_Army

Ive got a JL audio 12w6 in the boot about 1 foot away from the carputer

I was thinking about the JL audio 12w6 for my setup. What type of amp are you using to push it, and how is the quailty. I only need one 12 inch, because the other speakers should compensate.

**kdunn926** · 06-02-2004, 01:33 AM

Has anyone seen a need to protect the hard drive from outside vibrations, such as speed bumps not too fast but not to slow? Or when climbing or leaving a curb?

**d_sellers1** · 06-02-2004, 06:39 PM

Good information to know. Thanks. Anyone got a reply to kdunn's comment about vibration. The only thing that I can think of is mounting it vertical to prevent platter crashing.

EDIT: Since a sub won't damage the drive I guess it's safe to assume that a 80 or 120mm fan won't hurt it either...?

Derek

**Kermee** · 06-02-2004, 08:17 PM

Couple 80mm or 120mm fan's definitely won't hurt. Damage due to vibrations are probably the worst offender for killing HDD's in CarPC's. (Short of getting into a high-speed accident while changing MP3 playlists).