There's a grill area to the left back of the bottom bay in the 7300, but the holes that make up this grill have on the other side my XLR8 G3 upgrade CPU with its heatsink, the hot air would blow onto this cooling device? Maybe this is OK and the main fan is designed to suck the rest out?
The lid or case cover has a moulding in front of the HDs that looks as if one can cut it out, maybe that would help airflow - maybe a fan mounted on the outside here sucking (I don't care what it looks like)? Need to understand all this better. If I don't I might consider putting the HD in an external box and then the question is does one connect to the 0 bus, or 1 bus (they differ in speed?) and how to do this (long ribbon connector? SCSI cable? I have a working 1 GB external HD, maybe I can put in the 18 GB one instead. Anyone done this sort of thing? Nice to have the portability, for big backs ups from differeent machines) > From: Robert McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 18 G HD gets > hot... > > David Elmo wrote: Bought a new 18 GB Hard Drive. .... I am thinking maybe this > is not such a >> >> good idea having two HDs like this because .... feeling > it, it gets real hot compared to the 2, 3, 4's I have usually had and the > bottom bay is right over the ram chips on the other side of the metal! Am > thinking of just getting along with the 18 GB (now partitioned to suit), > taking out the orig 2 GB and raising the new HD off the floor, (I'll find a > way). There's scarce room for fancy fans that will be noisier anyways and 18 > GB will be fine for me. Perhaps I worry unnecessarily? 7300 and 7600 owners > (and very similar) might care to comment. The 7300 is a nice box to work on, > but it is not so roomy. > > > There's a cutout on the chassis for mounting a fan, which will move more air > behind the drives. Your logic board may even have a 2-pin connector for one, > otherwise you can power it from the molex power cables. > > > -RPM -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
