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« on: April 26, 2012, 09:48:54 pm »

Hey guys, I'm opening up my PS3 to give the side air intakes a good clean and I think I have to eject my hard drive. I don't know about these things much but is there any danger or fuckin it up if I do?
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 10:02:34 pm »

I really don't think anything would happen; I don't think it would on a PC. Still, I'd wait for a few more replies.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 10:15:21 pm »

As long as you don't drop the hard drive or something, you'll be fine.  Hard drives use non-volatile memory, which is just a fancy computer term meaning they will retain whatever information they have regardless of if they are removed from a power source.  So yeah, you're fine.

If for some reason you aren't sure how to remove it (it's pretty easy and you're competent with tools and stuff), here's a tutorial:

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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 11:26:43 pm »

Yeah I actually figured it should be safe. I don't know too much about computers but we did take an electronics class in tech school and learned about different types of memory and how computers are used in cars. I assumed and HDD shouldn't have volatile memory or it would defeat the purpose.

It was a breeze to take apart, clean and put together again. The longest part was going to Walmart and buying the compressed air.

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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2012, 06:31:07 am »

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