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talkerzero · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: [Question] Hard drive speed?

I PM'ed Irwin about this but I was too impatient, so I decided to make a thread anyway.

I was recently informed by an acquaintance of mine and I was informed that, apparently, there is a value in the computer that controls how fast the hard drive spins. Change the value to a negative number, it'll spin backwards and blow up.

Possible?
Edit: Just realized, if my "acquaintance" was screwing with me, this is probably going in someone's signature..

manc · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:12 am Post subject:

I'm pretty sure the RPM of a hard drive is all set by the manufacturer. I have never heard of being able to change it. I mean, HDD's are sold partially based upon their RPM, which wouldn't make any sense if people could just higher/lower it. Besides, if it could be done through software, people would use it for malicious purposes left and right.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:16 am Post subject:

There are many things active to prevent such from happening.

Ever hear of a nuclear bomb? That is what happens when it goes backwards.

Know why most are at 7200rpm? If it went backwards any faster, it would probably rend the universe apart.

Zand · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:19 am Post subject:

talkerzero · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: