Well, it's a notebook drive, the enclosure is smaller then a 3.5 HD. So I'm not sure how a fan would fit... maybe one of those tiny little Pismo fans, I have an extra one of those. I'll have to try that, thanks for the suggestion. Photos would be nice. :)
-Elliott Price Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services hobbittech.com/quoit On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Bruce Johnson > <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: >>> >>> I have no idea how or why, but whenever that Iomega drive is hooked up, I >>> have troubles with sleeping, waking, system crashes, etc. that all go away >>> when I unplug it. >> >> >> It's a flaky USB or Firewire enclosure on the Iomega. Betcha your system log >> (see Console in /Applications/Utilities) is full of USB or Firewire errors >> when the Iomega is plugged in. >> >> MY old Beige used to have similar problems with a Iomege external CDRW >> drive. >> > > Just a quick question: Does the enclosure have a fan? > I know that a certain revision of the WD MyBook drives are nortirious > for overheating (The controller, not the physical drive) and would > crash, but the system would still spend as much as it possibly could > on trying to access the drive, rendering the system useless until the > disk was unplugged. > You might want to attach a fan on there (It's real easy, Red wire to > red wire, black to black, or use a chained Molex style if that's your > thing... (mine is SATA, so I just hardwired it), and then mount the > fan on the electronics some how... (I can link to a picture of mine if > you'd like, for inspiration sake) > > Try that before ruling the whole enclosure off... (But, for a > long-term fix, a fan-included enclosure would be best, just pop the > drive out and into it's new home) > >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com >> To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> > > > > -- > -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist