Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 08:21:32 +0000 From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Mobo damage from thickies or not?
Hi Matt, Matthew Hanson wrote: > > >[T] I know (most) things expand when they get hot but I don't think a 9.5mm > >drive would be able to expand enough on it's own to do any damage if the > >fit was 'reasonable' in the first place would it? Of course, the rest of > >the Libby would be expanding / shrinking at the same time and could make > >matters worse?< > > I was thinking more in terms of there being a little less room for the 9.5mm > drive, and if a particular HDD gets hotter than most... could its closer > proximity to the MB cause overheating problems? [T] Hmm, that's a good point .. heat is not a good thing inside an enclosed place like a Libby ..but I'm pretty sure heat wouldn't do the damage folk are mentioning. Maybe the spacers the there for several reasons? > Do HDDs have overheating > problems? [T] Well, some I have seen (whisper .. on desktop drives ..) where it mentions about fitting the drive in such a way to allow heat to conduct to the surrounding chassis? .. My mate came home yesterday to find his newish (full) 80G drive had committed suicide! (no implication on the cause here ..) > > > > > Though I'm great at missing huge things that are taped to my nose. > > > >[T] Sometimes we can't see the "Wood for the trees" though eh? > > That can be me! :-) [T] That can be most of us! > > > Matt > T i m ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
