Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:37:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nuitari <> | Subject | Re: ide drive dying? |
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On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote:
> > Keep your drive cool and you can expect to keep it around for a very > > long time. > > In a large tower case, it is worth while to leave a drive bay free between disks, instead of using them sequentially, like this: > > ------ ------ > |****| |****| > ------ ------ > | | |****| > ------ ------ > |****| |****| > ------ instead of ------ > | | | | > ------ ------ > |****| | | > ------ ------ > | | | | > ------ ------ > > Also, if you get a disk that suddenly doesn't spin up, don't assume that > the motor has died - you can sometimes bring them back to life by > connecting power to them, and giving them a very sharp angular jolt in > the plane of the platters - the effect is called static friction, > (A.K.A. stiction)
Depends on the ventilation you can put. In this computer I have all bays (5 1/4 and 3 1/2) full and the temperature doesn't get over 30 There is a total of 4 HDs and 3CDs drives.
I think the spacing depends on the heat output of the drives. I use my 2 Samsungs (they are always cold) between the Maxtor (makes a lot of heat) and Fujitsu.
Of course the best is to strap 6" fans in front of them (which I did to cool a stack of 6 full height disks that I put in an old full tower cases).
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