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| View Poll Results: Can a hard drive immersed in non-conductive liquid work properly? | |||
| Yes, I think it's possible. | | 5 | 21.74% |
| No way! No way in hell it will run. | | 18 | 78.26% |
| I don't really care or wish to guess. | | 0 | 0% |
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| "Little" Devil Join Date: 8 Apr 2004 Location: On the "throne"
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Reputation: 4003 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 59 | The viscousity of the liquid would probably kill the hard drive instantly as soon as it got in (resistance). A computer company here in the Pacific Northwest has a mineral oil submerged pc. They did not submerge the HDD for this reason as well (though I don't see why SSDs would not work). Custom PC's by Puget Systems; Mineral Oil Submerged Computer
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| Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook!
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Reputation: 2958 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 65 | Yeah, IMHO, only solid state components can be submerged like that. SSDs should not have a problem running in oil or other non-conductive fluids.
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Reputation: 2958 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep Power: 65 | Hmm.. Don't think you want to do that. That would introduce dust into the drive. Why not just seal the edges of the top plate with silicon?
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