hi ya anthony/alex On Tue, 11 May 2004, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 09:35, Antony Gelberg wrote: ... > > One thing I did notice is that the disks were rather hot, abnormally imo. ... > I'm guessing you're using 7200 RPM or better disks. I've never seen a > 7200 RPM disk that didn't run rather warm. Some get hotter than others, > but they're all rather hot. I have, in the last 10 months, replaced 5 > drives, all of which failed within about a month of getting them. I was yup.. 7200rpm disks runs hot ... since most all of the disk manufacturers now warrant their drives for 1 yr instead of the 3yr or 5yr it used to be ... guess what ... there was a reason for it .. they have how many sample parts to figure out their warranty issues always add one 40mm x 40mm x 20mm fan for each disk right at the disk or use those drive trays or use those 4" ( 120cm x 120cm ) fans on the chassis more fans the better since the mtbf goes down by 50% for each 10C above room temp .. 6,000 mtbf 1yr warranty ... 3,000 mtbf at 35C - 6 month 1,500 mtbf at 45C - 3 months 750 mtbf at 55C - 1.5 months your disk was probably running at 55C === === use hddtemp ---> to find out your hd temp === === http://coredump.free.fr/linux/hddtemp.php === > also having some heat issues with the computer in general. I added two > more case fans and got a couple of hard drive heatsinks. They're copper, > about the same size as a drive, and have two fans on the bottom. They > attach to the bottom of the drive and have an in-line power coupler that > you can put between the power supply and the drive itself. I got them > for $10 (US) a piece and since then have not had a single drive failure > or heat problem. YMMV of course. kinda klunky but guess it works - air needs about 1" of airgap to work "better" ( like it should ) - air doesnt bend at 90degree turns c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
