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| I have 4 sata and 2 IDE drives in my system at the moment - three of the drives are Maxtors, and they seem to be running very hot - I've even had two of them fail on me. Maxtor are really good about replacing them, but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed the same thing. The rest of the system is fine. I have moved the problem drives to a different area of the case for better ventillation, and I have even tried fans on the drives, although the ones I bought don't seem to be very good. If anyone else has suffered the same thing, I'd love to swap ideas for solving the problem! |
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| Have you tried installing your computer into a fridge? :) |
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| Hehe creospace I've thought about it :) I do have liquid cooling, but only over the processor. I think I might need to find some decent hard drive fans, but I live in a terrible area for PC shops :( I would change to a bigger case, but the one I have is already very tall, and in most areas the ventillation is very good. Its a special case designed to fit the liquid cooling solution in, and I'd hate to get rid of it. Maybe I need an external case for the drives :( |
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| Yeah, I do buy from ebuyer a lot of the time, but I've had a lot of problems with mail order stuff lately, so I prefer to see what I'm buying first. We have computer fairs up here from time to time, but the next one isn't for a month or so. I'm planning on saving up for it and buying a lot of stuff in one go. The fairs are really good, there are a LOT of retaillers, and you get to inspect the parts before handing over cash, which is a big deal for me. |
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| www.scan.co.uk is good for pc parts. Have you got a case fan pulling air in at the front of the case and one pushing it out at the back? It sounds like a lot of drives I think they are just cooking each other. Their are bigger faster fans that you can buy I have one that sounds like a tornado on my dual socket processor computer. I use a maxtor drive it has lasted longer than the other makes. |
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| Thanks for the thoughts CG Man - as I said in another post I'm not a fan of Scan - great prices, nice products, terrible stock management and service in my opinion :( The case came with fans set up for decent air flow. You're right I used to have a ton of drives close together, and that didn't exactly help with the heat. I freed up some space at the top of the case and put the 'problem' drives up there, but even with plenty of ventillation they're still roasting hot. :( I'll have a browse of Scan and see what fans they have, see if any of them look worth trying. |
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