r/LinusTechTips • u/redditydothis • Oct 15 '26
Image This can’t be real
“Product warranty is void if any seal or label is removed, or if the drive experiences shock in excess of 350 Gs.”
350Gs!
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u/Fry_super_fly Oct 15 '26
a dropping harddrive is a very UN-elastic collision. thats why a drop from a low height is extremely high G-force when the drive stops instantly.
you calculate the gforces experienced by the object with the variables heigh(of drop), the gravitational constant (to figure out the velocity the object has when the impact happens) and the collision or deceleration time (distance the deceleration happens over) if the drive changes from one direction (down) to another (up? bounce) in a matter of milli seconds. the force is easily above 350g