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    hard drive shock protection pad thing?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jkim, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. jkim

    jkim Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    ok so on a picture of the underside of the 1420 i saw the label "strike zone" next to a little rubber pad thing

    i also noticed this on my dad's D610 buisiness laptop. what is it and how does it work? i just checked my inspiron 8600 and it doesn't have it, and neither does my brother's e1505
     
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    lordofericstan Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm only one way to find out, hit that spot with a hammer and see what happens, you might win a prize.
     
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    jkim Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    well i mean besides the "obvious" that it protects your hard drive. i don't see how a little rubber pad can do any better than not having a rubber pad there. I googled it but didn't really find much info.
     
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    008 Notebook Geek

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    From my observation on the older Inspirons, it is just a metal plate with rubber feet (that you saw) to absorb the shocks.

    On the Latitude, the bottom is already made out of metal alloy, and there is a rubber stand.

    Observed similar design (rubber pad / metal plate) in IBM and HP business notebooks.

    edit: just checked the new pics of 1520, the StrikeZone on 1520 looks nearly identical to D620. Except the D620 has one extra rubber pad under the SmartCard reader.
     
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