At 2:31 AM +0000 9/23/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Bit long but here's my part-time tech experience but still sharp on
>specs. Anybody can look up the specs on their drives to find
>out if their drives is slowing their machines down.
>
>These early barracudas 3.5" HH (half height) style HDs always run hot
>and very diffcult to cool. Useless cooling in many external boxes
>and computer chassis unless one finds one that can do about 20 cubic
>feet per minute past that HD.
<snip>
Thank you Wizard, for such a thorough explanation. Valuable info.
Although my drive is a little hot, I'm hoping it will hold up until I
can upgrade my system. So far, so good.
_
Andrew
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