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Re: How to Keeping 7200RPM Drives Cool?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Garlanger)
Sat May 23 14:07:37 1998

Date: 	Sat, 23 May 1998 12:59:10 -0500
From: Mark Garlanger <garlangr@cyberramp.net>
To: kernel@nls.net
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu

Phil's Kernel Account wrote:

> There's a handy little device that'll run you ~$26USD called a "Peltier
> Cooler." It's a solid-state hot/cold conductor. Commonly used in CPU
> heatsinks. Get some thermal grease, and one of 'em, mount it on the HDD's
> top. (That's the side that doesn't have the logic board;) Another fan
> sucking air out wouldn't hurt either.
>

This sound like it would cause problems due to extreme temperature
differences
across the harddrive... How long have you been using this in your system?


      Thanks,
        Mark


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