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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: (was: (no subject))Re: (was: (no subject))
From: Joseph Jones <bumpycarrot_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:07:23 +0100 Heh, that reminds me of when I accidentally managed to power the stereo and the radio unit inside it by putting my plasma globe on top of them XD I was terrified when it started playing music. Joe On 4/19/05, BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net> wrote: > EMP is the electronics killer - especially magnetic based recording meduims > - of which a hdd is most certianly one ...Moveable rust flakes glued to a > spinning glass disk - somewhere between a (philips) casette and a record > which plays out from the middle using a teeny weeny magent instead of a > needle, and spins considerably faster than 33 RPM :) > > Start by simply reformatting the hard drive - you could get lucky. > > Next will be a low level format, to replace the engineering marks on the > disk platters. > ***USE THE MANUFACTURERS LOW LEVEL FORMATTING UTIL DESGINED FOR YOUR > SPECIFIC DRIVE*** > > The worry is that if you hit the right frequency for long enough you could > have killed anything - for 'tis the nature of EMP :( Massive magnetic > pulses cause an empathetic movement of electrons in metallic substances - > that is ...a big enough magnet (or much smaller alternating > (electro-)magnet) will generate electricity INSIDE componenets ...breach > the chips safety specs, and the result is anything from dead to (apprently) > random behaviour. > > Pray for it to be a dead hard drive :) > > BC > > >Hello all. > > > >I am a car audio guy, and I just got through installing on my car. The > >thing is, when I was installing my sub and testing it with test tones from > >my Archos Recorder v2, the 9" diameter by 3" tall magnets accidentally > >came near the MP3 player. > > > >Basically, now, the MP3 player loads perfectly. It has no problem > >spinning up the hard drive, however on about 80 to 90 percent of my songs, > >the mp3 player will play 5-8 seconds of the song, and then lock down, stop > >playing, and I have to force shutdown on it. > > > >Also, when plugging it into a computer, the mp3 player will not register > >with the computer half of the time, and when it does, it comes up as a > >"Local Disk Drive" (not "Jukebox:") and also reports the drive to be > >unformatted. > > > >What can I do to make my MP3 player usable? > > > >Many thanks, > >Brian > > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-04-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |