Depending on the manufacturer and maybe the rpm of the drive, it may need active cooling.
Alternatively you may replace the fan with a quieter type from your local electronic surplus store. Elliott > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dave Abergel > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: External cases for internal hard drives > > > Hi all > > Very, very general question here so feel free to ignore it 8o) > > I have just bought an external case for an old IDE hard drive > that I had > lying around. It works fine, but the fan in it is *really* > noisy. Do you > reckon if I unplug the power cable to the fan and use the drive as > normal that I'm going to run into any problems? Anyone got > experience of > these things? > > Cheers > Dave > 8o) > -- > LFS User #16110 > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
