Salvaging a hard-drive
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Salvaging a hard-drive
So, I had a 500GB 3.5" drive go down. Is there anything worth salvaging to put into the "kit" and keep for a rainy-day project? Also, I'd like to thank you Ladyada for my new obsession with electronics, especially the Arduino.
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Re: Salvaging a hard-drive
Hard drives are neat for lots of things. One idea is that you could gut the thing and use the case as a unique enclosure. Challenge yourself to build something complex that fits entirely within that small space.controljunkies wrote:So, I had a 500GB 3.5" drive go down. Is there anything worth salvaging to put into the "kit" and keep for a rainy-day project? Also, I'd like to thank you Ladyada for my new obsession with electronics, especially the Arduino.
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You could take the platters out and save them for a rainy day. Someday you may build a robot, and with those shiny discs on the wheels you'd look like you were rollin on dubs.
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Re: Salvaging a hard-drive
no one said magnets yet!
"Magnets."
"Magnets."
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