On 27 Jan 2002 at 17:59, JJG wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Older PC and DOS Internet Forum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >> Behalf Of Anthony J. Albert >> >> I've been using a pair of 9GB SCSI 5.25" full-height drives [ST410800N] >> in my home computer for a while now, I ust agree that cooling is >> tremendously important. When I had them crammed into the mini-tower >> that the motherboard, etc, are in, they would very quickly get too hot >> to touch the frames, even with the case cover off. I've moved them >> into their own separate mini-tower, to which I've added a couple of >> fans. Not pretty, but it keeps the drives operating somewhat closer to >> Seagate's recommended temperature range. > >Those are the bad boys! Formatted capacity was around 8 gig. and yes they >run hot! I fire them up when my office starts getting cold! :)
Exactly! I'm pretty sure that this series of drives is the main cause of global warming. :-) >> Also, when I first set up the drives, I did have some problems with >> spin-up times being fairly long for the drives. (That much spinning >> metal takes a while to get up to speed.) > > >Yes, they remind me or my first hard drive, An old full height 10 megabyte >for an XT. You could feel the torque of the motor spinning up the drive and >my table shook when the heads stated hitting it to read. > >Regards, >John Yeah, these Seagate drives aren't quite that bad, but they do make an impressive amount of noise until they get up to speed. Surprises the heck out of family and friends if I turn on the computer while they're there. *grin* Makes it seem like I have a _really_ impressive system. Falbert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
