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Hard Drive Window

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-shouldn't dept.

Xx Shinwa xX writes "This guy has done what was thought to be impossible: he has opened his hard drive and installed a clear acrylic window. And it still works. I would love to try this, if I had the guts."

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  1. H/D Window by greyrax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmm, I seem to remember someone doing that a couple of years ago.

  2. Old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I remember a guy doig this a couple years ago. It voided his warranty.

  3. News that never mattered, even in 2001. by jpetts · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50 009562&f=77909585&m=2550903662

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  4. Old news by XCorvis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    People have been doing this for literally years. This article dates from 2002, and it was the first one I found.

  5. Not really new.. by mikael_j · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Except for cases of "hey look, I'm running my old harddrive without the lid on!" sort of things the first time I saw a guide to doing this was around '00-'01 on a website dedicated to the Abit BP6 Dual celeron motherboards, it was a lot more impressive five years ago, now it's really just old news..

    /Mikael

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  6. Cool! by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My time machine WORKS! I travelled all the way back to February 6th, 2002!

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  7. Funny how the last three posts.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    were all from digg.

  8. Now refrigerators? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Now if only we could apply this technology to refrigerators to see if the light really does turn off when the door is closed!

  9. Re:Yippy-Skippy. by grolschie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The hardest part is making sure that not a spec of dust gets in there.

  10. Re:Usefool by Tongo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Finally I'll know whether the light turns out or not!