[RndTbl] hot hard drives

[Kevin McGregor]

 From what I've heard, some drives just run much hotter than others. 
I've read some hard drive comparison reviews that include 
temperature-related info. I have a Fujitsu 3.2 G that runs really cool. 
I've used Western Digital, Fujitsu and Maxtor, and while some are hotter 
than others, I haven't had a heat-related problem that I've noticed, and 
I leave my computers on all the time. I've never used a Samsung hard drive.

If you want to head over to Computer [Avenue|Boulevard], you can get a 
3.5" to 5.25" mounting kit for $3.95. It's basically two pieces of metal 
which you screw on to your drive, one per side, and then you can mount 
it like a 5.25" drive in the larger drive bay.

millward wrote:

> When I installed my burner, I was surprised at how
> hot my hard drive was. It's been my experience that
> modems run hot, but not hard drives. But that was
> in those old desktop cases, not these new, improved
> ATX tower cases.
> I have a 40 gig Samsung SV40844 hooked up, and
> beside it was a 15 gig Fujitsu MPF3153AT not hooked 
> to anything, and it was warm from the Samsung!
> This explained why my  3.15" ball bearing fan was
> working so hard. The original one had burnt out a few
> months back and this replacement was making noises,
> until I removed the Fujisu and gave the Samsung some
> space for air circulation. Now the fan is quiet.
> The case is 16 x 8 inches ATX with 3 external bays and
> only two internal bays. I've kept my normal CD rom dirve
> separated from the burner with the empty external bay.
> So how do I get this thing to run 2 hard drives without overheating
> when I only have two internal bays?
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