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It may run faster, but the firmware/hears were not designed to work at the higher speed, so it almost certainly just wouldn't work as a harddrive anymore.
 
yes, i can imagine that data would not be where it was expected to be, and the firmware that might be trying to write X amount of data on a track would probably end up spread out a little, and with the track size staying the same... well, it just wouldnt end well.

but hey, find a spare drive and give it a shot, see if it lets the smoke out!
 
This topic has been discussed several times in many different fashions, and just like sound cards there is no way to 'overclock' a hard drive.

/thread.
 
Overvolting and overclocking aren't the same thing. Yes you can overclock it if there is a processor in it, the new hybrid ones may have one.
 
I had a group of friends 'overclock' a floppy with a drill. Got some fast buffering on an MP3 before it broke. But i don't imagien it will keep up.
 
-maddog- said:
Overvolting and overclocking aren't the same thing. Yes you can overclock it if there is a processor in it, the new hybrid ones may have one.
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No, but overvolting a processor doesn't make it run faster, overvolting a motor usually does. Still not a good idea. Note however, that HDDs do have a lot of electronics on them that you maybe could overclock with a bit of soldering, but then it may not work (and those really aren't the part that needs to be faster anyway).
 
Not sure what it is on the newer mobos, but on the older ones you can overclock your HD's by increasing the PCI-AGP lock from 33/66 to up to 40/80.

Bad idea though, usually results in data corruptions from the HD not being able to handle that much.
 
Maviryk said:
Not sure what it is on the newer mobos, but on the older ones you can overclock your HD's by increasing the PCI-AGP lock from 33/66 to up to 40/80.

Bad idea though, usually results in data corruptions from the HD not being able to handle that much.
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that just gives the posibility of more bandwidth/throughput. It doesn't make the drive put out more data/cycle. The drive is only as fast as it can input/output data
 
Let's examine the work. Overclock. Clock as in a cpu's clock speed. Over as in well over what is made for.

dictionary.com
overclock

/oh'vr-klok'/ vt. To operate a CPU or other digital
logic device at a rate higher than it was designed for, under the
assumption that the manufacturer put some slop into the
specification to account for manufacturing tolerances. Overclocking
something can result in intermittent crashes, and can even burn
things out, since power dissipation is directly proportional to
clock frequency. People who make a hobby of this are sometimes
called "overclockers"; they are thrilled that they can run their
450MHz CPU at 500MHz, even though they can only tell the difference
by running a benchmark program.
 
in computer tech class we had a hard drive that was giving us problems so i took it, 12v to the motor and the casing warped and then it broke something inside and then it smelled really bad.

so try it on a junk drive, one that boots bus is having issues
 
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