[lug] combatting hard drive heat

[jd]

On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 23:36, D. Stimits wrote:
> I've been spending a lot of time reworking an ancient machine that has 
> old scsi-uw drives on it, working on a lot of multibooting. All of the 
> drives are tiny in comparison to modern standards, the largest being 9 
> GB. All drives were manufactured when 7200 rpm was the high speed, 10000 
> rpm didn't even exist. I have 3 of these stacked in a single bay that 
> holds 4 half-height units, the top unit is a floppy. The 3 scsi drives 
> alone are making the metal cage so hot it can barely be touched (doesn't 
> burn me, but it sure gets uncomfortable after even 2 seconds). The main 
> problem is that the drives are touching each other without room for air 
> flow, but even if there were room, there isn't any real vent source.
> 
> What I'm wondering is if anyone knows of some extremely thin heat sinks, 
> perhaps 2"x2" or 4"x4", that might fit on the side of this cage, between 
> the cage and case wall? Or an extremely thin fan version of this same 
> thing that fits between the cage and case wall? It makes me really 
> nervous to have hot drives, and I've never lost a drive that was kept 
> well-cooled (at least among scsi, even drives close to 10 years old). 
> Are there any innovative suggestions here on cooling this 4 unit 
> half-height steel bay cage?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com
> 


sounds like you might consider a new case.
jd
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