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Re: How to Keeping 7200RPM Drives Cool?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harvey Fishman)
Fri May 22 02:55:28 1998
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 02:06:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Harvey Fishman <fishman@panix.com>
To: Mark Garlanger <garlangr@cyberramp.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3564FA1F.420BAE66@cyberramp.net>
On Thu, 21 May 1998, Mark Garlanger wrote:
>
> Anyone have any good suggestions on how to keep a 7200RPM Drive cool?
> I have a Micropolis 8.7G U/W
> drive that I had placed in a second case with a large fan blowing across
> it. This seem to work well, but
> then I purchased a cheap 400W UPS, and I didn't think that it would
> support a monitor, system with Dual PPro,
> and a second mini-tower case (250W PS) for just the drive. Since the
> UPS won't do much good without powering
> the Harddrive, I moved the HD back to the main case, but it seem to get
> very hot. I have a small fan in the case
> now, and am considering putting the larger fan in it, but I don't have a
> good way to mount the fan. Since the
> ATX powersupply fan is sucking air in, I assuming the fan I put in
> should blow air from the case out across the top of
> the Harddrive. I would appreciate any suggestions, the last thing I
> want is for the harddrive to fail.
I have an old Seagate Barracuda (ST-15150N) that is certainly a hot running
drive. I just hung a fan in there to blow across the electronics as
Seagate recommends. I mounted the fan to a convenient point with silicone
rubber caulk. I held the fan in place with masking tape while the rubber
set. If I ever need to remove it, a few swipes with a single edge razor
blade or a box cutter and all the evidence is gone. Has worked fine for
three and a half years now. Of course I never turn the box off, which is
what I believe is a MAJOR blow for fixed disk longevity.
Harvey
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