[geeks] IDE Hard drive cooling

[Geoff Reed]

my 75 gig IBM  FryStar is being cooled by a CoolDrive 2001 made by 
coolercase, it is an aluminum 3.5 to 5.25 adaptor that has a heat transfer 
pad to help pull xfer heat from the drive into the aluminum chassis, the HD 
is enclosed on all 4 sides, and thew front, and there is a cooling fan int 
he front to flow cooler air across the electronics and around the HD body 
itself.  no burnups since putting it in this and we've had 95 degree days, 
with it 10 to 15 degrees hotter in my computer room.

At 06:59 PM 7/31/02 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:09:03 -0400
>Ryan <mattyml at daemons.net> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to find fans for my 7200RPM IDE hard drives. I want
> > to get something to keep them super cool, but I also want something
> > that is quiet. Anyone have any recommendations? Anyone purchased
> > anything through 3dcool.com before?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
>
>I know a guy who attached the big PeeCee slot processor heat sinks to
>his drives, seemed to make a difference.  The problem I see with drives
>is they have relatively small surface area for a heat sink, and a lot of
>them have plastic stickers on them to make for poor conductance to
>external heat sinks.
>
>I have two 9G barracudas crammed in tight in my AlphaServer 400, they
>actually make contact with each other and the CD above them, I am a
>little concerned about them.
>
>Tim
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