[plug] Newbys guide

[Timothy White]

Brad Campbell wrote:

> I have yet to find a decent ATA caddy with a fan that actually does
> anything. I'm running 7200RPM WD drives which generate quite a bit of
> heat. The tiny 40mm fans the put in these caddies (that die after
> about 100 hours) just do stuff all as the caddy is set up in such a
> way as there is almost no space for air to be pulled through them. In
> addition, the actual device that sits inside the PC has open top and
> bottom which short circuits any possible airflow from the 40mm fan.
> My solution is to superglue an 80mm fan to the bottom of the cage in
> the PC. This keeps them cool enough.
>
> My SATA caddies from Addonics just rock. The drives never get about
> about 35 Degrees and the fans are seriously well built.
>
The cheapies I have seem to do an ok job.
I have 2 identical 80Gb drives which both get thrashed about. Hda is
without a caddie and has got up to 52C before while hdc has only got up
to 47C.
Right now hda is sitting on 46 while hdc is on 39. Not bad for a small
fan (BTW the open top and bottom shouldn't matter when the drive is in)

tim at linmedia:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda|grep -i temp
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   046   052   000    Old_age
Always       -       46
tim at linmedia:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/hdc|grep -i temp
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   039   047   000    Old_age
Always       -       39

Tim

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