Hack N Mod - Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects » hard drives http://hacknmod.com Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Make DIY Speakers out of old Hard Drives http://hacknmod.com/hack/make-diy-speakers-out-of-old-hard-drive/ http://hacknmod.com/hack/make-diy-speakers-out-of-old-hard-drive/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:32:58 +0000 Joe L http://www.hacknmod.com/?p=2467 hard-drive-speakers
Ever wonder what you should do with your old hard drives? Turn them into speakers! It’s fairly easy, all you need is some hard drives (the more, the better), some soldering tools, some headphone wire, and an audio source (iPod, Computer, etc..). For more info on the project, check out the project details.  A similar project can be found here.

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Legend has it that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. Is it true? Indeed, it seems so.

While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first, of course. Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives too.

Evidence:

Note, this only temporarily extends the life of the device, allowing you to recover data before it completely dies.

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