Alceryes wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> My system is set up with two hard drives and I use XXCopy:
>>
>> http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
>>
>> (clipped)
>> But back to the hard drives, I'd like to find something that will mount so
>> as to suck the hot air right off of the hard drives and out of the case. I
>> would prefer not to use something that will suck the heat off of the hard
>> drives and distribute it into the case, but maybe that additional fan in
>> the 5.25" empty bay will render that concern of no consequence. Any
>> recommendations?
>
> Easiest solution (if your case allows it)

Unfortunately, this is not the situation. It's a very bad design.

> is to separate the drives (put one
> drive space between them) and have an intake at the front of your system
> sucking air in and blowing it across them. You can easily attach a filter
> (bought or home-made) to prevent dust monsters from invading. As far as the
> added warm air, if you have a couple of good exhaust fans it'll make little
> or no difference and in fact might even keep your case cleaner if you had
> negative pressure in there before the fan was added.

As I just mentioned in another post, I'm thinking of fabricating an
extension of some sort though. Also, I notice that the rack lacks holes
for ventilation where it would hurt nothing to have them. I will drill
them in.

I am looking into cutting a hole in the side panel right where the hard
drives are and then mounting another 80 mm fan in that hole. It won't be
pretty, but it should do the job.

What I don't understand about my case is that there's some kind of
square plastic cage that's 3" deep by 4.25" tall by 3.5" wide and it's
located in the front at the bottom, snapped onto a ventilated metal
portion of the case. There is a sensor of some kind in the cage and it
has two wires going to it. I think this is supposed to be a housing for
an optional case fan that I foolishly didn't order with the system.
However, since the system is three years old and there's no manual for
the case I don't know for sure what the cage is for.

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Regards from John Corliss