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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re[2]: Hard Disk QuestionRe[2]: Hard Disk Question
From: RudiS <mailmetorudiS_at_gmx.ch>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 20:02:18 +0200 Hallo Brian Wolven, Am Samstag, 8. Mai 2004 um 18:57 schrieben Sie: BW> 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. BW> I don't think altitude would have any effect on most components of your BW> player, but it's possible that there is some softer material (elastomer BW> or something) somewhere that expands slightly when the ambient pressure BW> is reduced. If that thingy - whatver it is - expands enough, perhaps it BW> pushes something out of alignment or causes a short somewhere? It's hard BW> to imagine that any of the materials are that sensitive, though. Most BW> production and testing is done at lower altitudes, to be sure, so it's BW> not impossible. Where are you, the Atacama or someplace? Yes in the Atacama desert in a copper mine 4700m above sea level. One other aspect seems to be the cooling. It's maybe ridiculous to think about that for the tiny JB, but our company has installed here several servers from DELL and the most of them got problems with their SCSI hard disks as well. Since we installed an additional air condition in the server cabinet we got rid of that problem finally. But it is an interesting topic, right? Lets see, next monday, when I do my last 10 days period in the mine, I'll test the daily build which was recommended by Linus and further more, I put my Jukebox in cotton wool to reduce the shock waves when I am driving far from paved roads with my 4 x 4 Truck. Nice Sunday Rudi BW> Generally BW> speaking, electronics do fine in a total vacuum. When instruments are BW> lofted into orbit, they usually allow some time for everything to outgas BW> so that you don't have an arcing problem when a high voltage power BW> supply is turned on. BW> _______________________________________________ BW> http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen RudiS mailto:mailmetorudiS_at_gmx.ch _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-05-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |