From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Sep 14 08:16:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA13806 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:16:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.pi.net (root@mailhost.pi.net [145.220.3.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA13799 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kinchenna (asd132.pi.net [145.220.192.132]) by mailhost.pi.net (8.8.3/8.7.1) with SMTP id RAA21471; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:16:31 +0200 (MET DST) Posted-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 17:16:31 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:50:55 +0100 From: Guido Kollerie Subject: Re: Micropolis Runs Too HOT! To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Jackson X-Mailer: Z-Mail Pro 6.1 (Win32 - 021297) Evaluation Copy, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <19970913143722.25435@my.domain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The long and short of it is now I am running my computer > with the case off and a fan blowing on the hard disk bay. > The hot mic is the bottom one in the bay. There is a drive > space before the next drive, also a Micropolis 2 gig, 5400 > rpm drive (it runs cool). > > Has anyone seen a problem like this and do you have any > suggestions. http://www.baycooler.com/ I have one and it keeps my harddrive cool. Note: one of the two fans of the first kit I received stopped working within two weeks. I rma'ed it to Granite Digital Inc. (http://www.scsipro.com/) and received a replacement which still works fine. However I have only been using it for three weeks now. -- Guido Kollerie