Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:01:36 +0200 (MET DST) From: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@tetard.glou.eu.org> To: current@freebsd.org (current) Subject: Re: current-digest V1 #566 Message-ID: <199608270701.JAA09113@tetard.glou.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <199608262116.PAA22453@clem.systemsix.com> from Steve Passe at "Aug 26, 96 03:16:10 pm"
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Steve Passe écrit / writes: > Steve's golden rule for buying disk cases: > > find the case you like and buy it. > throw away the fan, it will be junk. > buy a GOOD, BRAND-NAME, ball-bearing fan > from digikey or other reliable parts house Yes. Too many fans out there are some El Cheapo with ovoid bearings. Same for CPU fans : fan mechanisms are NOT designed to be directly in contact with intenseley variating heat sources. Guess why those $10 coolers end up sounding like dying yorkshires... Real, direct surface contact fans are way more than $10. > other hints: > > if the front panel is removable, REMOVE IT, Uh, not necessarily - what you want to achieve is maximum air-flow, not maximum exposition : the drives in my machine are hotter when the cover is off. > it may look ugly, but free air will flow directly across top of drive Not if proper ventilation is in effect -- the more open the space, the more air-flow you need. -- Phil -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / regnauld@eu.org / +55.4N +11.3E @ Sol3 / +45 31241690 ]- -[ "To kärve or nøt to kärve, that is the qvestion..." -- My sister ]-
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