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    Sewing elastic for de-coupling HDD's - anyone tried it?

    I saw on another forum recently that someone had used sewing elastic to fit their HDD's to the cage (rather than the "bungee" method, etc).

    So I'm thinking of doing this with my Lian-Li PC7+II and was wondering if anyone had tried this or had any other (better?) low cost DIY methods of de-coupling instead.

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    I have my hard Drive suspended in the CDrom bay with Sewing Elastic. Been like that for about 2 years with no problems and a silent Hard Drive!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koolpc View Post
    I have my hard Drive suspended in the CDrom bay with Sewing Elastic. Been like that for about 2 years with no problems and a silent Hard Drive!
    Cheers for the info Hadn't thought about suspending them in the 5.25" bays! Would give less impedence to the airflow if I removed the HDD cage as well... Good thinking Holmes

    BTW what size elastic did you use?

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    I've used shock cord to suspend mine in the 5.25" bays. Nice and cheap on ebay

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    This is a great idea, until the hard disk heats up, the elastic becomes brittle, and your hard drive falls to the bottom of the drive bays. This problem can be minimised by using a fan to keep the drive cool, but beware

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    This is a great idea, until the hard disk heats up, the elastic becomes brittle, and your hard drive falls to the bottom of the drive bays. This problem can be minimised by using a fan to keep the drive cool, but beware
    Funnily enough that is my one major concern when I've had a good think about it tonight (about suspending them in the 5.25" bays). Obviously hot air rises so it might get a tad warm in the top bays with no cooling on the drives.

    I think I'll just mount them at the top and bottom of the HDD cage (which sits behind a Noiseblocker SX1 120mm so should be nice and cool).

    Thanks for all the replies and keep em coming

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    This is a great idea, until the hard disk heats up, the elastic becomes brittle, and your hard drive falls to the bottom of the drive bays. This problem can be minimised by using a fan to keep the drive cool, but beware
    Rubbish mate. I have had mine mounted with ordinary sewing elastic for nearly 3 years!! The elastic is as good as new too. The drive keeps nice and cool too as it is suspended.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koolpc View Post
    Rubbish mate. I have had mine mounted with ordinary sewing elastic for nearly 3 years!! The elastic is as good as new too. The drive keeps nice and cool too as it is suspended.
    I killed a 20gb Seagate doing exactly that - I don't know whether it was the elastic I used, or the general idea - but it was an utter pain in the ass

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    Must have been the elastic mate. Ordinary sewing elastic is superb. As i said, i have had the same sewing elastic holding the Hard drive in place for 3 years now (Different hard drives over that time).

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    I've had mine suspended on sewing elastic for the past few years, no problems at all. Much safer than elastic bands!

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    Cheers for all the replies guys. Going to order my half inch black elastic today and I'm also going to use it to suspend a 120mm fan over my NB + memory area.

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    Let us know how you get one.

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