You could try using some heat contact pads, if you can find a thick enough
pad between the drive and the computer you will get nice heat transfer. In
general I wouldn't worry about it too much, if you look at any of the newer
machines with the more modern drives that run much cooler, you will see that
almost none of them have any method for cooling the drive, because it just
doesn't need it. Now you are thinking but the newer machines have fans...
Well I saw a friend's Toshiba that had a very tight compartment just like on
the 2400c with no cooling method and it worked fine. Good luck!
-John Balint
on 4/23/01 8:49 PM, A. Percy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have successfully upgraded the hard drive on a PowerBook 2400, and
> now I'm thinking of doing the same for another 2400. The thing is
> that the only large drive I have handy is a 9.5mm slim IBM drive. I
> seem to recall reading that these 9.5mm drives are too thin to reach
> the heat sink on the case and thus aren't recommended. Is there any
> workaround, or should I search for a 12.5mm drive instead?
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for hard drive models to seek
> out or avoid? I've only used IBM and Toshiba drives so far.
>
> By the way, Kim Brennan's detailed instructions on opening up a 2400
> were lifesavers when I undertook my first hard drive upgrade.
> Actually Kim's detailed instructions were for upgrading the CPU, but
> once you get down to the bottom level of the 2400, it's pretty
> obvious what you need to do to swap out the drive.
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/~kim/computer/duo/2400index.html
>
> Thanks,
> Allie
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