Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:49:06 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS problem- Thick drive in L50?
At 03:30 PM 11/08/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 22:25:53 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS problem- Thick drive in L50? > >>From: "A. N. B�r�mcekci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I plan on removing the plastic cover over the hard drive and the thin >> foams. Adorable Libretto states that there is not a problem in doing >> this. Why were they put in the first place? To reduce heat? > >Ya know, if there's been any discussion on this, I must have missed it, or >it was a long, long time ago. I was wondering this myself, and was >guessing that it may have something to do with providing a shock absorber >for the drive as it's jostled about during use. I can understand why they'd put them in there on the L100/110 - the cavity is a good 1mm-1.5mm larger than the hard drive so it'd need to be packed in so that its the body of the hard drive that supports its weight and not the connector at the end. The L50/70 is more of a mystery to me in that they could have made the cavity a tight fit by either thickening the bottom of the case or by moving the motherboard down half a millimeter or so (to get better thermal contact between the hard drive and the magnesium alloy case). Perhaps it is for a bit of shock absorption ... alternatively maybe contrary to what has been said before, the L50/70's were designed for 9.45mm hard drives as they certainly seem to fit easily after the spacers are removed (despite the cavity being perhaps half a millimeter smaller than on the L100/110) ... - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
