passive cooled HDD housing - Page 2

10th March 2004, 11:55

Then make sure you're not going to have to remove it from it's cage. Then you can even use AS epoxy.

piotke · 10th March 2004, 12:46

Quote:

Originally posted by TeuS

it's against my principles, for example: I buy a new harddrive because another hard drive I've bought is too loud

But buying heatsinks/cooling solutions, which make it more expensive in the end is ?

10th March 2004, 13:06

Quote:

Originally posted by FreeStyler
Then make sure you're not going to have to remove it from it's cage. Then you can even use AS epoxy.

warranty, anyone?

Quote:

Originally posted by piotke

But buying heatsinks/cooling solutions, which make it more expensive in the end is ?

lol?

CDrom drive: free
aluminium profiles: 3€
thermal interface material: 2€ max

catch my drift?

piotke · 10th March 2004, 13:25

hmm, in that case, but you won't be able to get rid of the high pitched noise.

10th March 2004, 16:08

ordinairy thermal goop.

BTW epoxy on this is less important since you can give it a good wank if it won't come off. It's not like the GPU core is going to come off eh.
even chisel it if you like (boil it maybe)

10th March 2004, 22:12

i'm using my 80GB in the cdrom slot too. I use blue foam kind of sound&heat insulator... I squizzed foams both sides and botom,up are free. I'd tought that this way I can dissolved hot air from top. Bu you are sayng that the most heat producing area is sides. Is that true? If its true then I'm just making things worse huh???

10th March 2004, 22:33

hard drives produce most heat at the sides indeed. the top and side HDD housing is of metal, so it's not that bad the sides are covered. the heat can get out at the top

11th March 2004, 22:09

once I've red somewhere that the most heat sensitive part is the bottom board of the HD,furthermore if you cannot cool bottom u can kill the mobo of HD it says.... Is that true???

11th March 2004, 22:19

Quote:

Originally posted by sophron
once I've red somewhere that the most heat sensitive part is the bottom board of the HD,furthermore if you cannot cool bottom u can kill the mobo of HD it says.... Is that true???

indeed, this is because the electronics can't bear high temperatures.

it's not very likely a bad HD kills the mainboard but it *IS* possible. if you send 5v or 12v through the data lines (a few millivolts) won't it do any good

13th March 2004, 16:01

housing done. stuffed it up with as much foam as possible

unfortunately, it doesn't isolate as well as it used to. I still hear the high pitch. monitoring the HDD temp btw, now 30°

no airflow and no heatsinks on the CDrom drive

edit: 35°

10th March 2004, 13:25	#14
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	hmm, in that case, but you won't be able to get rid of the high pitched noise. __________________ .

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10th March 2004, 11:55	#11
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	Then make sure you're not going to have to remove it from it's cage. Then you can even use AS epoxy.

10th March 2004, 16:08	#15
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	ordinairy thermal goop. BTW epoxy on this is less important since you can give it a good wank if it won't come off. It's not like the GPU core is going to come off eh. even chisel it if you like (boil it maybe)

10th March 2004, 22:12	#16
sophron Posts: n/a	i'm using my 80GB in the cdrom slot too. I use blue foam kind of sound&heat insulator... I squizzed foams both sides and botom,up are free. I'd tought that this way I can dissolved hot air from top. Bu you are sayng that the most heat producing area is sides. Is that true? If its true then I'm just making things worse huh???

10th March 2004, 22:33	#17
TeuS Posts: n/a	hard drives produce most heat at the sides indeed. the top and side HDD housing is of metal, so it's not that bad the sides are covered. the heat can get out at the top

11th March 2004, 22:09	#18
sophron Posts: n/a	once I've red somewhere that the most heat sensitive part is the bottom board of the HD,furthermore if you cannot cool bottom u can kill the mobo of HD it says.... Is that true???

13th March 2004, 16:01	#20
TeuS Posts: n/a	housing done. stuffed it up with as much foam as possible unfortunately, it doesn't isolate as well as it used to. I still hear the high pitch. monitoring the HDD temp btw, now 30° no airflow and no heatsinks on the CDrom drive edit: 35°