Will a hard drive immersed in non-conductive fluid or oil work properly? - Page 2

karhoe · 26th May 2008, 10:16 PM

Well, so what is the purpose of breather hole?

Lacus · 26th May 2008, 10:29 PM

So that hot air can come out thru those breather holes? HDD can be hot sometimes due to writing and reading :3

Adrian Wong · 26th May 2008, 10:35 PM

Adui... It's mentioned in ALL our hard drive reviews!

mikegas · 26th May 2008, 10:41 PM

Well behind the breather hole is actually an air filter. This hole would serve as pressure equalizer and humidity control. HDD actually has altitude spec, do you know that HDD spec only cover usage from sea level to 3km

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lacus

This experiment seems familiar..Was it from Tomshardware? I remember them soaking their PC in some sort of oil :S to Oc their system to the MAX (Referring to Maximum..Not Max

)

It was with cooking oil and posted on Tom's Hardware

VIDEO: Tom's Oil-Cooled PC - DIY & Mods - Tom's Hardware

Adrian Wong · 27th May 2008, 08:13 AM

Actually, the one I saw did not use cooking oil. It used some high-tech non-conductive fluid from DuPont, I think. And I believe it was done much earlier than Tom's.

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Actually, the one I saw did not use cooking oil. It used some high-tech non-conductive fluid from DuPont, I think. And I believe it was done much earlier than Tom's.

Interesting if you find it post it up Adrian

jasperchc · 27th May 2008, 09:40 AM

no way, unless its a SSD

Zenphic · 27th May 2008, 10:16 AM

The thing about Tom's though is that they kept the hard drive outside the case and never immersed it. Darn!

I actually think that's it's possible that a hard drive could work in a fluid. Sure, if the the fluid gets into it, the platters won't be able to spin as well because of the extra resistance, which could cause a failure, but it "should" work for some time

Mac Daddy · 27th May 2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Zenphic

The thing about Tom's though is that they kept the hard drive outside the case and never immersed it. Darn!

I actually think that's it's possible that a hard drive could work in a fluid. Sure, if the the fluid gets into it, the platters won't be able to spin as well because of the extra resistance, which could cause a failure, but it "should" work for some time

I disagree

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26th May 2008, 10:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
karhoe I'm a regular Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Reputation: 11 Rep Power: 2	Well, so what is the purpose of breather hole? __________________ My Blog

26th May 2008, 10:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
Lacus Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 978 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 2	So that hot air can come out thru those breather holes? HDD can be hot sometimes due to writing and reading :3 __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz) [Cooled By Xigmatek S1283 with Crossbow] \| Mobo=Asus Maximus Formula \| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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27th May 2008, 08:13 AM	#16 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,961 Reputation: 2958 Rep Power: 65	Actually, the one I saw did not use cooking oil. It used some high-tech non-conductive fluid from DuPont, I think. And I believe it was done much earlier than Tom's. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

26th May 2008, 10:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 329 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 3	Well behind the breather hole is actually an air filter. This hole would serve as pressure equalizer and humidity control. HDD actually has altitude spec, do you know that HDD spec only cover usage from sea level to 3km

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jasperchc Active Join Date: 25 Aug 2005 Location: Kuching, MY Posts: 542 Reputation: 48 Rep Power: 4	no way, unless its a SSD __________________ "There is nothing to fear but fear itself" (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

27th May 2008, 10:16 AM	#19 (permalink)
Zenphic Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 905 Reputation: 331 Rep Power: 6	The thing about Tom's though is that they kept the hard drive outside the case and never immersed it. Darn! I actually think that's it's possible that a hard drive could work in a fluid. Sure, if the the fluid gets into it, the platters won't be able to spin as well because of the extra resistance, which could cause a failure, but it "should" work for some time