[lug] combatting hard drive heat

[jd]

grab a old at case and make a scsi tower and use scsi cable
to connect it to your box :)
jd
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 15:31, D. Stimits wrote:
> Kenneth D. Weinert wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:51:48 -0700
> > "D. Stimits"  wrote:
> >
> > Ok, here's a dumb idea, but it might work for you.
> >
> > Can you drill holes (or completely remove) the bay covers and
> > externally mount one of the muffin fans to blow (or suck, whichever is
> > better) air across the drives?
> 
> Shame, you've been reading my mind! Which is not yet heat damaged, but I 
> think it is starting to warp, so you might get I/O errors if you keep 
> reading it.
> 
> >
> > >From what you said earlier appearance isn't a big deal here since it's
> > tucked away under a desk.
> >
> > It should be fairly easy to extend the 2 wires to supply power to the
> > fan and much easier than finding appropriate cables for the drives.
> >
> > I suggested drilling holes/slots in the bay covers, because you might
> > need to mount the fan to those covers - at least that might be the
> > easiest way to do it.
> >
> > Ok, so it's dumb and low tech - but it might work for you and it's
> > relatively inexpensive to boot.
> 
> I already have 1 fan that will probably work, I just need to find a way 
> to cover the blades (I have a dog in the house). All in all, I'm willing 
> to live with "ugly". I just don't know if it will be enough, and the 
> floppy part still needs front access. I wonder what effect fan magnetics 
> will have if it sits right over the floppy drive, with a floppy parked 
> in it over a period of weeks or months.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com
> 
> 
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