Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!mozart.amil.jhu.edu!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!carina.unm.edu!not-for-mail From: rsquires@unm.edu (roger m squires) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: CD ROM: need it to be cooled! Date: 30 Jul 1994 13:52:54 -0600 Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31eb2m$r0u@carina.unm.edu> References: <3196s3$5q9@crl2.crl.com> <20509bwb.14.2E390B6C@msu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: carina.unm.edu Xref: cdrom.com alt.cd-rom:7503 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:4084 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:6460 >>I don't think it is possible for the user to service these drives and >>they shouldn't need it. I would be very concerned about the high >>temperatures. Your drive is only rated at 50 deg C, and I don't think >>the disks will withstand that temperature very long. *No* part of your >>computer should feel hot to the touch, One problem with tower cases is that there is absolutely no air circulation around drive bays, and good luck on mounting a fan where it would do any good. I'm wondering what smart people are doing case-wise to remove heat from drives, and if there are any units which support power- management for cd-roms such as is done for hard drives and some of the optical drives on the market. rms