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No dust is supposed to get "in" the drive, but dust can very well clog the breather hole and cause pressure issues that could kill the drive.
by kenhwang 2y ago
No dust is supposed to get "in" the drive, but dust can very well clog the breather hole and cause pressure issues that could kill the drive.
- Kirby64 2y agoUnless you’re moving the altitude of the drive substantially after it’s already clogged, how would this happen? There’s no air exchange on hard drives.
- kenhwang 2y agoUnless your drives are in a perfectly controlled temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure environment, those will all impact the internal pressure. Temperature being the primary concern because drives do get rather warm internally while operating.
- Kirby64 2y agoSure, it has some impact, but we’re not talking about anything too crazy. And that also assumes full total clogging of all pores… which is unlikely to happen. You won’t have perfect sealing and pressure will just equalize.