Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-13 Thread Scott Alfter
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:19:46PM +, Mark Cooke wrote: > Note for others considering buying cases - there are some mini-tower > cases with a 5-bay drive cage mounted internally at the bottom of the > case, with the front fan blowing directly over the drives. In my > experience this is much be

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread Kevin Kuphal
Fa Yoeu wrote: I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what is the best way to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they are running *very* hot. The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and the cpu fan. Wondering what is the more effective and quiet way to cool

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread Peter van Rensburg
Fa, I've been using one of these: http://www.systemcooling.com/smart_drive-01.html They are pricey but very well mdae --- Fa Yoeu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what > is the best way > to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they > are runnin

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread John Kuhn
Fa Yoeu wrote: I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what is the best way to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they are running *very* hot. The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and the cpu fan. Wondering what is the more effective and quiet way to cool

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread cythraul
Years ago, I worked for a cheap cie that would not let me buy real servers. I had to use, under NT4, software raid with a stack of barracudas. Since theses generated a lot of heat, the trick, at the time, was to use a 80mm (or 92mm? can't remember) fans hot glued with motherboard spacers (you know

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread Mark Cooke
On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 11:58 +, David wrote: > Fa Yoeu wrote: > > >I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what is the best way > >to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they are running *very* > >hot. The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and > >the cpu

Re: [mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread David
Fa Yoeu wrote: I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what is the best way to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they are running *very* hot. The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and the cpu fan. Wondering what is the more effective and quiet way to cool

[mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

2005-03-10 Thread Fa Yoeu
I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs. I am wondering what is the best way to quietly cool these down. Right now I think they are running *very* hot. The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and the cpu fan. Wondering what is the more effective and quiet way to cool down these HDs?