[lug] combatting hard drive heat

[D. Stimits]

jd wrote:

> 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
>
It's an old full tower with 300 watt supply. Before I throw it out and 
get a new case, I'll abandon the machine. Trying to not waste money on 
new stuff while unemployed.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com