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Black Balls in my Hard Drive!
Name: vwchappy Date: June 3, 2004 at 12:28:22 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: 933/512
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Last night I decided to take an old hard drive apart. A Quantum 4GB Last time I did that was like 10 years ago, and I really wasn't paying attention to the components. I found that the most interesting part was the magnets - they're really strong! My question though is: What was in the little tiny white plastic packet? It was teany tiny black balls, like a thousand of them in the packet. What are those beads/balls? after I cut the packet, I dumped them in the trash...I didn't wanna touch them. What are they, and what are there purpose???
there the little people that sort all ur files out when ur in bed
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: June 3, 2004 at 13:44:11 Pacific
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My guess is `probably' moisture absorbers.
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Response Number 3
Name: vwchappy Date: June 3, 2004 at 13:55:39 Pacific
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That's what I was thinking. Like the little packs of "silica gel" that come w/ a new pair of shoes. If you rip open the pack and throw the gels, they bounce like crazy. These black ones were sooo much smaller though, small like a grain of salt.
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Response Number 4
Name: Paul44 Date: June 3, 2004 at 16:13:04 Pacific
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lol Tomo
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Response Number 5
Name: vwchappy Date: June 4, 2004 at 04:39:16 Pacific
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I wonder how many people took an old hard drive apart lastnight to see what kinda balls they had working in theirs...
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Response Number 6
Name: Symbios Date: June 4, 2004 at 23:31:23 Pacific
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Yeah! I was sure tempted! Just kidding… Or am I?
Symbios
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Response Number 7
Name: elric Date: June 5, 2004 at 03:48:04 Pacific
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G'day,
Sounds like that's where your mouse stores its droppings during a data "dump".
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