Well... I did the mod a few weeks ago now Basically zip-tied an old "Penta-cool" fan from a Pentium 266mhz overclocking kit onto the metal "mesh" grille thing that was protecting the electrical half of the drive, and wired the red to red, and black to black. Took the case to my uncle's house where we dremeled it, beveled it, and sanded it. Looks pretty spiffy. http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs468.snc3/25677_361418435657_619385657_4168391_2926252_n.jpg http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs259.ash1/18638_307055205657_619385657_4000183_499880_n.jpg I ran a 4 hour stress test on it (the same one it would fail after 15 minutes normally) and passed with flying colors. I do know also that a cold pop\beer\glass of something will keep them relatively cooler than just sitting there...
Enjoy On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Elliott Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, it's a notebook drive, the enclosure is smaller then a 3.5 HD. So I'm > not sure how a fan would fit... maybe one of those tiny little Pismo fans, I > have an extra one of those. I'll have to try that, thanks for the suggestion. > Photos would be nice. :) > > > -Elliott Price > > Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services > hobbittech.com/quoit > > On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Bruce Johnson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have no idea how or why, but whenever that Iomega drive is hooked up, I >>>> have troubles with sleeping, waking, system crashes, etc. that all go away >>>> when I unplug it. >>> >>> >>> It's a flaky USB or Firewire enclosure on the Iomega. Betcha your system log >>> (see Console in /Applications/Utilities) is full of USB or Firewire errors >>> when the Iomega is plugged in. >>> >>> MY old Beige used to have similar problems with a Iomege external CDRW >>> drive. >>> >> >> Just a quick question: Does the enclosure have a fan? >> I know that a certain revision of the WD MyBook drives are nortirious >> for overheating (The controller, not the physical drive) and would >> crash, but the system would still spend as much as it possibly could >> on trying to access the drive, rendering the system useless until the >> disk was unplugged. >> You might want to attach a fan on there (It's real easy, Red wire to >> red wire, black to black, or use a chained Molex style if that's your >> thing... (mine is SATA, so I just hardwired it), and then mount the >> fan on the electronics some how... (I can link to a picture of mine if >> you'd like, for inspiration sake) >> >> Try that before ruling the whole enclosure off... (But, for a >> long-term fix, a fan-included enclosure would be best, just pop the >> drive out and into it's new home) >> >>> -- >>> Bruce Johnson >>> University of Arizona >>> College of Pharmacy >>> Information Technology Group >>> >>> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >>> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >>> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >>> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- -Proudly Sent from a Windows PC -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
