Macintosh Internal Hard Drives: Vibration Testing


The shock limit for the Macintosh SE's internal hard disk drive is defined
as 40G -- for an inactive drive.

Apple tests the drive (only) to these limits:

Macintosh SE
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.25G, 3 to 300 Hz in the vertical direction (Z-Axis) only. Testing
frequency is held for 15 minutes at drive resonance as determined by
attached accelerometers.

Macintosh II
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.25G, 3 to 300 Hz in all three directions (X-axis, Y-axis, Z-Axis).

Airplane frequencies are at the higher end of the tested frequency
spectrum and could easily exceed those frequencies at higher amplitudes.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012