vibrations while external hard drive is powered up

[Sossity]

I have my external hard drive in a vertical enclosure on my desk, & when I rest my arms on my desk or feel some of my hand on the mouse pad, I feel some of the vibrations from the hard drive motor. I placed my hand on my laptop surface, on the palm rests & around the back of it's stand( I have it on a mesh stand on my desk) I also feel the vibrations of the hard drive.

Is this harmful to the laptop? is there any way to buffer the vibrations?

 

[Fubar1977]

TBH I would be more concerned about the drive itself. It should not produce enough vibration to feel it through the surface of your desk.
You could always stand it on a foam pad, say an old mouse mat cut to size or something.

 

[Sossity]

TBH I would be more concerned about the drive itself. It should not produce enough vibration to feel it through the surface of your desk.
You could always stand it on a foam pad, say an old mouse mat cut to size or something.

It does not seem to be making any noises that are unusual, it has always made a bit of a whirring noise, it is a seagate 7200 iTB drive in a bytec vertical metal enclosure.

 

[karsten]

i wouldnt worry about it. 7200rpm is quite fast and a little vibrating probably isn't anything to worry about.

 

[Sossity]

i wouldnt worry about it. 7200rpm is quite fast and a little vibrating probably isn't anything to worry about.

Will the vibrations affect my laptop? When I touch it I can feel them a little bit from the drive running next to it

 

[Fubar1977]

Will the vibrations affect my laptop? When I touch it I can feel them a little bit from the drive running next to it

You`ll be fine they can handle a little vibration.
I currently have 5 external drives sat on my desk.

 

[karsten]

You`ll be fine they can handle a little vibration.
I currently have 5 external drives sat on my desk.