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From: Piggy on 3 Sep 2006 18:36 I'm interested to know if anyone has a Netgear SC101 and has made any modifications to keep the drives cooler? thx :o)
From: John McGaw on 3 Sep 2006 20:07 Piggy wrote: > I'm interested to know if anyone has a Netgear SC101 and has made any > modifications to keep the drives cooler? > > thx > > :o) > > If you have the latest firmware then the drives power down between uses and should run just a bit cooler. So much for theory. Before I got disgusted with mine and put it in the "closet of computational debris" I found that placing an 80mm 120Vac cooling fan a few inches away from it and blowing across the fins dropped the temperature nicely. I intend to rip the thing apart one of these fine days when nothing else is going on and to install the guts in a more sensible enclosure with a cooling fan to see if it works better that way. Sad, really, because the overall idea wasn't that bad and it was cheap but they totally blew the implementation. Oh BTW the breaking point came when their client software went bad on this machine and then totally fried my XP installation demanding a ground-up re-install. Up until that happened I hadn't gotten into that situation since W98 days. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com
From: Piggy on 4 Sep 2006 15:50 "John McGaw" <nobody(a)nowh.ere> wrote in message news:37KKg.27937$y7.9063(a)bignews6.bellsouth.net... > Piggy wrote: >> I'm interested to know if anyone has a Netgear SC101 and has made any >> modifications to keep the drives cooler? >> >> thx >> >> :o) >> >> > If you have the latest firmware then the drives power down between uses > and should run just a bit cooler. So much for theory. Before I got > disgusted with mine and put it in the "closet of computational debris" I > found that placing an 80mm 120Vac cooling fan a few inches away from it > and blowing across the fins dropped the temperature nicely. I intend to > rip the thing apart one of these fine days when nothing else is going on > and to install the guts in a more sensible enclosure with a cooling fan to > see if it works better that way. Sad, really, because the overall idea > wasn't that bad and it was cheap but they totally blew the implementation. > > Oh BTW the breaking point came when their client software went bad on this > machine and then totally fried my XP installation demanding a ground-up > re-install. Up until that happened I hadn't gotten into that situation > since W98 days. > > -- > John McGaw > [Knoxville, TN, USA] > http://johnmcgaw.com
From: Piggy on 4 Sep 2006 16:05 Hello John, I have the latest firmware and version of storage central but I find it gets 2 hot now I have 2 Diamond Max drives in it. The casing is to hot to keep my hand on for more than a few seconds, so that must be over 45 deg C! To get over this at the moment I have a desk top fan next to the drive and the plastic sides removed. I was hoping to find information on modifying the enclosure or adding a fan to keep the temperatures down. I had horrendous problems when I first purchased the drive with data loss and not connecting to the drives, after a software and firmware upgrade the drive appears more stable but I still cant fully trust it to keep my data safe, the problem for me is the drive is cheap and what's the alternative for the same cost? :o) "John McGaw" <nobody(a)nowh.ere> wrote in message news:37KKg.27937$y7.9063(a)bignews6.bellsouth.net... >> > If you have the latest firmware then the drives power down between uses > and should run just a bit cooler. So much for theory. Before I got > disgusted with mine and put it in the "closet of computational debris" I > found that placing an 80mm 120Vac cooling fan a few inches away from it > and blowing across the fins dropped the temperature nicely. I intend to > rip the thing apart one of these fine days when nothing else is going on > and to install the guts in a more sensible enclosure with a cooling fan to > see if it works better that way. Sad, really, because the overall idea > wasn't that bad and it was cheap but they totally blew the implementation. > > Oh BTW the breaking point came when their client software went bad on this > machine and then totally fried my XP installation demanding a ground-up > re-install. Up until that happened I hadn't gotten into that situation > since W98 days. > > -- > John McGaw > [Knoxville, TN, USA] > http://johnmcgaw.com
From: Rod Speed on 4 Sep 2006 17:21
Piggy <piggy(a)sty.com> wrote > I have the latest firmware and version of storage central but I find it gets 2 > hot now I have 2 Diamond Max drives in it. The casing is to hot to keep my > hand on for more than a few seconds, so that must be over 45 deg C! Those Maxtors wont last long at those sorts of temps. They hate running at elevated temps. > To get over this at the moment I have a desk top fan next to the drive and the > plastic sides removed. I was hoping to find information on modifying the > enclosure or adding a fan to keep the temperatures down. > I had horrendous problems when I first purchased the drive with data loss and > not connecting to the drives, after a software and firmware upgrade the drive > appears more stable but I still cant fully trust it to keep my data safe, Yeah, you'll get drive death if you dont fix the cooling. > the problem for me is the drive is cheap and > what's the alternative for the same cost? The drives surviving is more important than price. > "John McGaw" <nobody(a)nowh.ere> wrote in message > news:37KKg.27937$y7.9063(a)bignews6.bellsouth.net... >>> >> If you have the latest firmware then the drives power down between >> uses and should run just a bit cooler. So much for theory. Before I >> got disgusted with mine and put it in the "closet of computational >> debris" I found that placing an 80mm 120Vac cooling fan a few inches >> away from it and blowing across the fins dropped the temperature >> nicely. I intend to rip the thing apart one of these fine days when >> nothing else is going on and to install the guts in a more sensible >> enclosure with a cooling fan to see if it works better that way. >> Sad, really, because the overall idea wasn't that bad and it was >> cheap but they totally blew the implementation. Oh BTW the breaking point >> came when their client software went bad >> on this machine and then totally fried my XP installation demanding >> a ground-up re-install. Up until that happened I hadn't gotten into >> that situation since W98 days. >> >> -- >> John McGaw >> [Knoxville, TN, USA] >> http://johnmcgaw.com |