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In <8ubhc7$5n9$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>,
Craig <Craig@linux2knospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:11:28 GMT, Paul Richards (Pauldoo) 
> <pauldoo@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > And now my new 30 gig IBM drive is starting to show signs of
> >it being goosed..  The drives were all quite new when they broke, and
> >I'm suspecting that it could be due to overheating..?
> 
> I wouldn't really think so... everything should be fine.. Try and sort the 
> cables out in the PC and make sure the fan is taking in air and breathing
> out warm air at the bottom front of the PC. Maybe your best bet is to get
> another fan to keep the PC cool?

Aren't they supposed to blow the air out the back (at the top in
towers)? Mine used to suck it in from there, but I don't know where it
was supposed to blow it out, because there aren't any vents in the
plastic front panel (one day I should get round to drilling some). ISTR
reading that although it's common for them to be shipped this way, it's
better to have the airflow from top to bottom, and it makes sense to me.
So I refitted my fan the other way up. It didn't seem to be adequate
during the heatwave at the end of this summer though (no symptoms, just
very sluggish airflow and it felt rather hot even at idle), so I fitted
a more powerful fan, which was. I might bodge the old one in as a
chassis fan at the bottom if and when I get round to drilling those
holes, just to make sure.

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