I have few USB 2.0 hard drives, and none of them produces any significant vibration.
I thought that any external drive will "excel" in the vibration department, being that it sits inside a plastic box that absorbs the vibration, and also because the entire thing is outside the pc chassis. i was wrong...
I recently bought an external enclosure for internal drive, and put one of my regular sata7200 drives inside. To my amazement, the vibration is awful. I assume that my old external drives do not produce any, because of their low speed(probably 5400).
The question: what is the best way to "imitate" usb2.0 drives, being that i can't buy them any more? buying 2.5 drives with 5400 rpm speed, and suitable enclosure will do the job?
Imitating old USB2.0 external drives
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Re: Imitating old USB2.0 external drives
Looking outside of USB hard disks would be one thing to do. Just how big are the things that you are storing to USB and for what purpose? Is a pendrive an alternative or a network share?
You could try examining how the hard disks are mounted inside the caddy and modifying to reduce vibration. A suspension system will not be appropriate but maybe some carefully positioned soft rubber spacers where the screws attach would have a big impact.
You could try examining how the hard disks are mounted inside the caddy and modifying to reduce vibration. A suspension system will not be appropriate but maybe some carefully positioned soft rubber spacers where the screws attach would have a big impact.
Re: Imitating old USB2.0 external drives
Why can't you buy them any more?
USB 3.0 are doing the same job connected to an USB 2.0 port and deliver USB 2.0 speed.
USB 3.0 are doing the same job connected to an USB 2.0 port and deliver USB 2.0 speed.
Re: Imitating old USB2.0 external drives
Most of the 7200rpm 2.5 hdds do vibrate, and get much hotter than 5400rpm drive, making them not suited for a USB enclosure.
I used make my own USB3 extrenal drives buying whatever drive i liked at the time, and MSI Coolmax USB3 enlcosure, i like this as it used two usb connectors, not the small one that most premade come with. Initially i used Hitachi 5k500b, then 5k750, then 5k1500 and recently i bought Samsung M9T 2tb.
But there is little reason imo to do it anymore, specially when its cheaper to buy a prebuild one, like Seagate Expansion STBX2000401 2TB 2.5-Inch USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive
I used make my own USB3 extrenal drives buying whatever drive i liked at the time, and MSI Coolmax USB3 enlcosure, i like this as it used two usb connectors, not the small one that most premade come with. Initially i used Hitachi 5k500b, then 5k750, then 5k1500 and recently i bought Samsung M9T 2tb.
But there is little reason imo to do it anymore, specially when its cheaper to buy a prebuild one, like Seagate Expansion STBX2000401 2TB 2.5-Inch USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive