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Thread ID: 70740	2006-07-14 08:38:00	Aluminium or fan the best for cooling external enclosure ?	Misty (368)	Press F1

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470773	2006-07-14 22:51:00	I have an exteranal HDD that i use all the time. It's where i keep my /home files which for the benefit of those not knowing the ways of *nix, these are the files that make the user distinct, all customizations and personal stuff live on this drive. Its fair to say that it works rather hard. The "2.5 HDD exteranal closure" that makes a laptop HDD into a USB external came with a soft case that i hope is designed to give token protection against shock if dropped. Looking like a dolls sleeping bag, i should imagine it helps to keep the HDD snug and warm too! I plonk it on a desk and forget about it. It gets covered in paper, and various other things to help it keep it's heat, just in case its built in sleeping bag isn't enough. I have had no trouble with it overheating. If you have your HDD naked in a exposed place where air can flow freely, i suspect you will be fine too.	personthingy (1670)
470774	2006-07-14 23:47:00	It doesn't. Its out in the world naked. That's rude! Get some clothes for yours, Misty. :p	FoxyMX (5)
470775	2006-07-15 00:11:00	That's rude! Get some clothes for yours, Misty. :p Well, all answers much appreciated. I am not going to worry about a fan at all. Not going to use a naked one either -- to scary -- especially as I don't yet understand how it spins. Will follow that up though and learn how as most intriguing. The link www.dansdata.com I will print out and peruse thoroughly --- will be easier to understand in hard copy -- I must be slow !! Misty :)	Misty (368)
470776	2006-07-15 00:20:00	Not going to use a naked one either -- to scary -- especially as I don't yet understand how it spins. Er.... it's not that naked. :D You've seen the hard drive in your case, haven't you? It's a metal case on three sides with the bottom a kind of circuit board similar to this (www.hddtech.co.uk). Well that's what pctek means by being "naked", not completely undressed with the insides all hanging out. :p The adaptor is really handy for connecting hard drives temporarily to transfer data from one PC or drive to another but personally I think it is better to use an enclosure for a drive that is going to be sitting on a desk a lot rather just once in a blue moon. It offers far better protection for those exposed electronics because they are easily damaged if one is careless.	FoxyMX (5)
470777	2006-07-15 03:30:00	The cover of the disk cavity is just very thin aluminium. It would be easy to accidentally crush it. Enclosures are good things.	Graham L (2)
470778	2006-07-15 06:12:00	Well mine has a shield on the bottom. I also have one of those rubber antistatic things they used to use on them lying about..... It gets dragged around all over the place, has been dropped, still going fine. I broke off a piece of the plastic surrounding the IDE connector on the drive once, still fine. You have to be pretty violent to kill a Seagate. On the cover it says" Warranty Void if Shock Exceeds 350g".	pctek (84)
470779	2006-07-16 00:38:00	Er . . . . it's not that naked . :D You've seen the hard drive in your case, haven't you? It's a metal case on three sides with the bottom a kind of circuit board similar to this ( . hddtech . co . uk/fujitsuMPGunderside-sml . jpg" target="_blank">www . hddtech . co . uk) . Well that's what pctek means by being "naked", not completely undressed with the insides all hanging out . :p Thanks to you and the others I think I understand :D personally I think it is better to use an enclosure for a drive that is going to be sitting on a desk a lot rather just once in a blue moon . It offers far better protection Plus I don't intend to keep it next to the PC in case that ever gets stolen or there is a fire at that spot --otherwise everything may disappear in which case you lose that protection ! Yesterday I bought Seagate 250GB HDD 7200rpm Pata EDIE plus Laser 3 . 5" USB2 . 0 aluminium surface External Enclosure for the combined price of $235 . 20 Combined with the Acronis True Image v9 that I bought on Friday they should do the trick !! Thanks again everyone for your help !!!!! Misty :thumbs:	Misty (368)
470780	2006-07-16 02:20:00	You have to be pretty violent to kill a Seagate . On the cover it says" Warranty Void if Shock Exceeds 350g" . Yep, I can agree with that :D Hmm 350G :rolleyes: so strong :D Good old Seagate :D Nice one Misty, a link to the items and where you got them? I am considering a bigger external HDD now :rolleyes:	The_End_Of_Reality (334)
470781	2006-07-16 02:38:00	350G is not hard to achieve. ... In shock testing, disk drives are dropped from a height of 1 inch on to a solid surface. The G forces seen at the recording head might reach 100 to 200 g and last for 10 milliseconds. The resulting motion induced in the recording heads can be large enough to cause the heads to 'slap' the disk surface and generate a defect. Digital Equipment Corporation had a test rig for the PDP8s. It was built from Dexion, and held a working computer. Pulling a lever let it drop 3 feet down the floor. If it didn't keep working without errors, it had failed.	Graham L (2)
470782	2006-07-16 05:34:00	Nice one Misty, a link to the items and where you got them? I am considering a bigger external HDD now :rolleyes: Hi The_End_Of_ Reality (what can we call you for short ?? :D ) Here is the link http://www.advancedcomputers.co.nz/ Cannot see the particular enclosure that I bought on the website. however I don't think it will do you much good as you seem to be in Wellington ! Misty ;)	Misty (368)
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