Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:54:21 +0300 From: Vitaly Pavlenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: External Travelstar Case Modification?
Hi! I've got the well-known PCMCIA controlled drive in enclosure. However, the box is just huge. It didn't bother me much until now that the warranty is expired and that I am about to leave home for a while. My version is 18 GB, yes IBM never produced it, the guys here have obviously modified it putting DARA-218000 9.5 mm tall drive inside. There is no electronics inside, just a small board for interconnection, a little too wide, but seems that I can cut off the unnecessary part with the coax power input and on/off switch to make it 70 mm wide. Any good ideas as to where I can transplant the guts of the box? After all, is heat an issue with the modern drives? A few watts seems to be negligible, but part of the lib with the drive gets hot a bit... Metal box as close to the size of the disk as possible seems the best, however the metal top of the drive is not flat, how can a good thermal contact be established? Any shock-absorbing layers (in fact, that's what we mostly find inside Travelsar E - clearly redundant)? Thanks everybody in advance. Vitaly ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
