Cooling & Installation

The MX-1 has a fan at the bottom which draws cool air over the hard drive and blows it out the back, this small diagram explains it better than words can:



You can see the in-take and exhaust vents in the photo below, as well as the USB 2.0, eSATA, Power connections and the on/off button:



The bottom of the MX-1 features 4 soft rubber feet to help reduce vibration being transferred from the enclosure to the surface underneath:



Opening up the top is done by removing 1 screw from the bottom of the device and than sliding the top panel:



The enclosure features a separate rack which needs to be removed for installation of the 3.5” hard drive. This bracket also holds the fan which you can see more clearly below:



The hard drive is fixed in place on its white rubber ring through the back of the bracket, special screws and rubber grommets are used to further reduce vibration:



Now we can drop the bracket with the HDD inside the MX-1, reaching the screws at each side of the bracket to fix it in place was challenging:


With everything installed it’s testing time ->