[ale] mandrake 8.0 wackiness

[Jeff Hubbs]

Geoffrey wrote:

> 
> 
> Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the responses and ideas, guys.  I hadn't thought it might 
>> be heat
>> since it had been running for about two-three weeks with no trouble.
>> Hmmm...wellp, I've got a junkbox (don't we all?),  it's got some old fans
>> (amongst other stuff).  I suppose I could try to cobble some 
>> frankenstinian
>> creature together to cool the drives...
> 
> 
> Just be sure it has some sensible approach.  I helped out a friend last 
> year who was having problems with her box crashing.  She'd added 3 fans 
> to the box and started having the problems after that.  Problem was, all 
> the fans were pulling air in, just the power supply fan trying to pull 
> all that air back out.  We turned one fan around and all was happy.  I 
> never could make her understand the idea of moving air through the box.
> 

There are some drive coolers on the market that work pretty darn well. 
My file server has two such coolers and they do a marvelous job, even 
though you can look at them and see that they could do better.  It's 
basically a flat heatsink that you set against the drive (I used some 
grease where contact was made) and a comple of small fans blow through 
the heatsing and around the drives.  It comes with a grille to screw 
into the front of the bay and it replaces the front panel blank.  I 
think they sell them at Micro Center and elsewhere - the heatsink part 
is blue and has "Ultimate Drive Cooler" or some such on it.


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