[plug] Hard Disk Temp.

[Jason Nicholls]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 03:40:33PM +0800, Craig Foster wrote:
> I'd ended up putting a hole in the 3.5" faceplate, just small enough not
> to be noticed, but large enough to allow air to flow over the drive. Those
> Barracuda II & IIIs get real hot, and that's usually their man reason for
> dying. That said, we don't see that many back though :)

And if you're really worried about the temp you can buy harddrive heatsinks
with fans! We used to deal with Macase when I was in Sydney:

	http://www.macase.com/ms-10.htm

I know that's the american site, but it gives you the idea. From what I 
remember they were pretty cheap.


Regards,

Jason Nicholls
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