[mythtv-users] harddrive suggestions?

[and]

do you have a link to this cooler?
rgds
anders

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 09:55 AM, Dane Kantner wrote:

>> I just fried my new 120gb maxtor diamondmax plus 9 last night while
>> trying to improve the airflow around it....It got incredibly hot when
>
> For future purposes, may I recommend something called "The Ultimate 
> Hard
> Drive Cooler" ... Its about $15-20.  *No* 7200 RPM drive should go 
> without
> one...(or some other type of cooling)..  This particular one is a 
> really
> thick heat sink, with 2 fans in front that go out the drive bay.  You 
> can
> buy it just about anywhere these days...  I've seen 7200rpm Maxtor 
> drives,
> IBM drives, and WD drives fry in under a year's use because they were 
> too
> hot.  I have yet to see one with this cooler die.  I've also tested a 
> few
> other HD coolers, but this one is the best I've found and my company 
> now
> requires it on all computers.
>
> this cooler, and all other coolers i've seen, require an extra drive 
> slot
> above the hard drive for the heat sink... depending on your case, you 
> may
> not have this (for instance, a mini case probably wont)... I have a 
> case @
> home that i'm working to figure out how to cool the hard drive... i 
> have
> kinda given up on it as there is no room anywhere around the drive... 
> the
> only solution i've come up with is putting the hard drive in the cd 
> rom slot
> and using an external cd drive.  anyone else know of a solution / idea 
> for
> really tiny cases?
>
> -dane
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>