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Making a Hard Drive Speaker
By admin | December 31, 2009
I thought hard disk speakers looked cool so I’ve made one. the hdd which I’ve used is an old Seagate (631mb capacity – yeah.. Really old.) Don’t do this with new/good hdd’s because once you open that drive’s case, you can’t expect to use it as a storage drive anymore. “hard disk speakers” are nothing more than eye candy. they sound pretty crap and you need an amplifier to work it. they’re quite easy to make though.. – if you have a dead hdd lying around, might as well play around with it =D…
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Topics: External HDD | 25 Comments »
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
I unscrewed every screw that was on the hdd
and connected it with a new car battery
and left it in my room
with lots of cotton on the floor
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
very basic soldering skills are required, and only the actuator arm’s wires are needed because the arm is the only thing moving in this hdd speaker. a bit of extra work is needed to make the disk spin. searching for something like “spinning hdd speaker” would get you some good videos about them.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
good job… but im just interested i know that the motor spinning the disk is quite fast… is it easy to connect? do i need control circuits or whatever?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
it wasnt actually very loud. im guessing its because my room was dead quiet, maybe.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Question though.
When you test the connections with the motherboard speaker how did you get it to play so loud? i have to turn my volume way up on my hi-fi set till like 57% before i can get that volume level.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
are you using an amp? if you are, it might not be strong enough.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
hey i plugged mine in the sound comes but realy low and the pin dosnt move like yours how come ? can i make it louder some how ?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
@PeterMacGonagan
Ive used foobar2000
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Hello. Thank’s a lot for your video. I’ll try to make one next week.
What’s software did you use on your laptop to play sound?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
the amp i used to power the drive had a 3.5mm aux input, which went into the headphone jack of the laptop.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
how you wired it with the laptop ?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
watch my tutorial, i actually talk you through it
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
findddd theemmmmm…..it’s not that hard.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
well ok i opened up a hard drive but i cant find which wires i need to connect too, which ones?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Клево!!!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
nope. the disk doesnt move at all in this one
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
does the disk have 2 be movin?
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
that was awesome. Favorited.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
извращенцы )))
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Super!!!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Thanks!!
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
Bassotronics – ‘Bass, I Love You’
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
What’s the song at the end? O_O
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
nicely done! for the next vid, close your window
December 31st, 2009 at 4:14 am
the song has its own bongos…lol