[plug] Hard Disk Temp.

[Bob Ogden]

In <20011006160706.B949 at nikita.vic.bigpond.net.au>, on 06/Oct/2001 
   at 04:07 PM,(+0800 GMT)
Jason Nicholls <jason at mindsocket.com.au> said:


>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.

Perhaps this offering from Jaycar would suit
Cat. No: XC5043 $22.95

http://filemaker.webfactory.com.au/DFX/jaycar/FMPro?-db=products.fp3&-format=detail.htm&-lay=cgi&Category=COMPUTER%20-%20ACCESSORIES&-recid=12583373&-token=12626314&-find=

I'm sure you can find them elsewhere, probably at a better price too.


>Regards,

>Jason Nicholls



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