Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 07:45:38 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Mobo damage from thickies or not?
>Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 07:31:17 +0000 >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Mobo damage from thickies or not? >[T] I know (most) things expand when they get hot but I don't think a 9.5mm >drive would be able to expand enough on it's own to do any damage if the >fit was >'reasonable' in the first place would it? Of course, the rest of the Libby >would >be expanding / shrinking at the same time and could make matters worse? I think the thermal expansion is not likely to be a problem - don't forget that a hole in something gets bigger at the same ratio that it would if it were full of the original material. Differential expansion is probably present but it's parts per hundred thousand. > > > > > Still, it seems I've read where a lot of people have bought and >installed > > 9.5mm HDDs recently. And I don't remember and posts about problems with > > those. > >[T] From what I think I have read (and I'm new to all this don't forget), >one of >the 'problems' seen when / after fitting 'bigger' drives is that some >components >get ripped off the motherboard and other joints are put under strain and >then >fatigue / crack / break? > Bits ripped off, no. I suspect people may nt be as careful as they would wish to be (didn't I phrase that delicately?) in the actual insertion and removal, if they're damaging things when the spacers have been removed. If you're concerned, remove or loosen the case screws before you change the discs rather than leaving the case tight. You're probably best advised to take the back off to remove the spacers anyway. Neil _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
