Speaker vibrations bad for PC?

[Dalton]

I have a mini system that I use sometimes as computer speakers and one speaker is under the desk and gives lots of bass. Heard vibrations weren't good for a computer. Is this true?

 

[SNGX1275]

Anecdotal evidence, but I had a desktop PC and later a Mac Mini pretty close to a 650W 12" sub and I'd have the computer on and that sub rocking the world lots of times and never had a problem.

You are right, it would seem that something like that wouldn't be good, but I think for components, things fit really tight, so vibrations wouldn't really do anything there. My concern has always been mechanical hard drives, but like I said, I've never had a prob.

 

[cliffordcooley]

The way I see it, if hand held devices continue to work after being dropped, there is little to no way speaker vibrations can damage them. I know PC's are different, if dropped the larger components can be damaged but speaker vibrations shouldn't effect them any different than hand held devices.

 

[SNGX1275]

With the exception of the older mp3 players (iPod and Zune) having mechanical hard drives, then I agree. But most modern hand helds are all solid state.

But then again, many people dropped iPods in the past and didn't kill them. So...

 

[Dalton]

Ok, well I guess maybe it won't be to bad because the desk ain't shaking like crazy or anything but just some vibrations you can feel going through the desk. One thing I was thinking was that they make really loud computer speaker systems now with subwoofers so I was kind of thinking it shouldn't hurt anything but was still curious about that. Thanks for the replies!