I had a heat problem as well and lost a drive to the heat. My solution
(condensed):
1. Installed external thermometers from Fry's - $13 each - and attached
the sensors to the CB of the drives.
2. Bought hard drive coolers - again from Fry's. I thought the 2 fan
ones would be best - they were junk. Replaced them with the cooler with
the biggest fan I could find. Can't remember the mfr - sorry - but it
was a major name like thermaltake.
3. The case has 7 fans already (4 in front, one on side, 2 in back. I
reversed the airflow on the one on the side to push air in instead of
blowing it out.
4. Placed a room fan near the computer (it's in a closet) to blow cool
air into the closet.
5. Set up a script that uses smartctl to alert me when the temperature
of the drives got too hot. The script checks the drive temp every 5
minutes.
Have not had a problem since I did #2, and #3.
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
My IT Department
www.myITaz.com
480-544-1067
Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.
Technomage wrote:
> ok,
> I am having some serious problems with the heat (I live in a swamp cooled
> house here). my machine got so hot yesterday that both HD's "disappeared"
> from the system and the cpu went bonkers. the only way I have found to keep
> the machine cool enough involves the use of a squirrel cage fan (those little
> construction units that can be purchased at sams club).
>
> what I need is something a little more permanent that can move about 1500 cfm
> through the case.
>
> any ideas?
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