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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Hard Disk QuestionRe: Hard Disk Question
From: Brian Wolven <brian.wolven_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 12:57:54 -0400 RudiS wrote: > I cannot by a 1,8" harddisk here in northern Chile to test it, but I > would do it. But still I think, that my problem has to do a bit with > the altitude, because at sea level I cannot remember having a lot of > problems like here. And my friends harddisk player doesn't play at all > here, so there must be a relationship in some ways. I don't think altitude would have any effect on most components of your player, but it's possible that there is some softer material (elastomer or something) somewhere that expands slightly when the ambient pressure is reduced. If that thingy - whatver it is - expands enough, perhaps it pushes something out of alignment or causes a short somewhere? It's hard to imagine that any of the materials are that sensitive, though. Most production and testing is done at lower altitudes, to be sure, so it's not impossible. Where are you, the Atacama or someplace? Generally speaking, electronics do fine in a total vacuum. When instruments are lofted into orbit, they usually allow some time for everything to outgas so that you don't have an arcing problem when a high voltage power supply is turned on. _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-05-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |