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wrote in message news:408457B7.4714.587220@localhost... Bear with me as this is just an off the wall idea I had while scrounging in my basement for old parts. I noticed a bunch of old heat sinks from various processors and it occurred to me, why not sit a few of them on top of a hard drive? Would there be any risk in doing so? I was worried maybe uneven cooling might put thermodynamic stress on opposite ends of the drive or an issue of that nature. What are your thoughts? I have a feeling that the aluminum body of the hard drive is what you'd want to attach a heatsink to which means the SIDES of the hard drive rather than the steel cover. The cover probably has a non-conductive sealer between it and the body which further isolates it. T |
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kony wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:50:31 -0400, wrote: Bear with me as this is just an off the wall idea I had while scrounging in my basement for old parts. I noticed a bunch of old heat sinks from various processors and it occurred to me, why not sit a few of them on top of a hard drive? Would there be any risk in doing so? I was worried maybe uneven cooling might put thermodynamic stress on opposite ends of the drive or an issue of that nature. What are your thoughts? Others will mention the alternatives. I will mention that adding the heatsinks may actually result in higher temp due to blocking more air passage around the drive. The steady, unobstructed flow of air under the drive is the most effective method of cooling it. No special attachments with fans (instead of a fan in front of the drive bay) or heatpipe is needed. Real neat place called www.frozencpu.com just a myriad of cooling needs. Ed |
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