Anyone ever crash a HD or flash player?

[kramer5150]

Just curious... Ive dropped my 6G Nomad Jukebox 2 times on the kitchen floor and its still runs like a champ. I had to snap the plastic case back together, cursing myself, thinking the HD was toast but its fine.

I dropped my Muvo TX on the driveway this weekend and its OK.

Im mod-ing an altoids tin for my Muvo since I'm such a clutz

Garrett

 

[terrymx]

i dropped my iriver ihp120 many times. never was problem.

i dropped the gmini400 about 4 times too, once at 2.5ft high onto barewood floor, nothing happen.

i'm getting the rio karma (want to know if the hype for being best portable mp3 sound is true), i think i have to be careful on this one.

i'm only 5ft tall so its hard for me to drop thing very high.

 

[sno1man]

Well I thought I might have jogged my first ipod mini to failure.

I jogged with it 6 days a week for about two months. The last few days it kept freezing and then finally was perpetually stuck at the Apple icon.

Apple replaced it under warranty. BUT>>>>>> I have jogged quite a bit with the replacement (though not everyday) and not a burp out of it.

So I am inclined to think that I just had a bad mini originally though the jogging may have hastened it's demise.

How's that for a nice equivocal answer?

 

[radicaltothemax]

I dropped my iPod multiply times and atleast 5 time from 4ft to concrete and snowboarded with it everyday (so cold temps, lots of water and bumps)

It eventually died after about a year and half.....whatcha gonna do

 

[BigFil]

In most cases is the player structurely (sp?) survives then most likely the hard drive will survive. HDs in the players today's players, at reasonable encode rates, only spin up for a very short time to load 5 or so songs into flash based memory. The real risk is when the hard drive is spinning. Some of the notebooks from IBM and Apple actually sense that the unit is in a fall and stops the hardrive before the impact thus lessening the chance for a hardrive failure.

A flash drive is going to be alot harder to break.

 

[Cyclone]

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Originally Posted by BigFil In most cases is the player structurely (sp?) survives then most likely the hard drive will survive. A flash drive is going to be alot harder to break.

actually its quite like a car. if the car crumples then your more likely to be safe but if the hard drive/car driver has to pull all of those G's and his surroundings cant obsorb some of the inertia then he/the HD is toast. thats why all HD's should be suspended in the air by tiny little springs or bungie cords

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and ya flash drives are almost imposible to break unless you REALLY thrash them. i stepped on my old rca lyra a couple times right after i dropped it and it was fine. of course it shure didnt feel like it since the back came flying off and the batteries shot out like a couple of bullets.

 

[aeriyn]

I've had an optical pick-up block fault on an MD recorder. Rest in peace, faithful red R900... you recorded many recitals and were very useful to record the soundtrack for 8mm filming... made a pretty decent music player too, back in the days when MP3 players only had 32mb of memory... =P

 

[scorpian007]

My Zen Touch went flying one day and landed on concrete, I thought it was a gonner but thankfully its still perfect (minus a few battle scars on the back)

 

[MrSlacker]

i dropped my h120 a couple of times and its fine BUT my bro was rollerblading and had my player on his belt.... well lets just say that iriver covered it under warranty.

 

[apnk]

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Originally Posted by terrymx i'm getting the rio karma (want to know if the hype for being best portable mp3 sound is true), i think i have to be careful on this one.

Yeah, since the whole body is made of plastic.

 

[Cyclone]

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Originally Posted by apnk Yeah, since the whole body is made of plastic.

well that isnt why it isnt exactly the best. there is no "best player" there is only the player for you. the karma like all other players has it's major disadvantages and advantages depending on the person. its all subjective guys. except for battery life, cant argue with that.

 

[Jmmmmm]

a little different, but i dropped my laptop yesterday

it hit a shelf on the way to (luckily) the carpet. I thought i had created a new paperweight, but luckily it was fine, other than a scratch/dent in the computer and shelf.

lesson: hard drives are relatively tough
lesson 2: dont operate heavy or portable machinery while under the influence

 

[mech_e]

Dropped my Rio Karma several times at school and work. Had it lock up a couple times, but a reset fixed it. Its got the scratches to prove its been through a ton of abuse. It's also locked up in my car a couple times, but the bracket I made really transmits the vibrations, and I think any hd based palyer would succumb.

 

[JuXXy]

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Originally Posted by scorpian007 My Zen Touch went flying one day and landed on concrete, I thought it was a gonner but thankfully its still perfect (minus a few battle scars on the back)

Yup Zen Touch players are very good for clumsy people like - me! haha it's really strong.

 

[aaroncort]

I've dropped my nomad jukebox 3 more times than I can keep track of onto cement, lanolium tile, hardwood, and once into a dough mixer while it was on and it still works minus 4 lines of pixel that have gone out. I know I've been lucky but its an amazing little buck-a-roo.