Re: Replace Hard Drive After 3.5 Years?

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:28:59 -0400, Vlad <Bla@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 29 Mar 2005 14:20:12 -0800, "Keith Jewell" <implode@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>My Seagate 7200.7s have been working fine. I bought a quality case that
>>has good cooling for all the drives and didn't stack any of them
>>together. So far, the only failure was a Maxtor, which threw a SMART
>>code before failing so I was able to pull the data that wasn't backed
>>up off of it. Of course, in retrospect, it wasn't backed up because I
>>didn't need it, but I hardly knew that at the time.
>>
>>Thanks to the new FDB tech and lighter platters, the new 7200s run as
>>cool as any of my old 5400s ever did. And they're quieter, too. Anyway,
>>I'm out of space at the moment (2x120, 1x160). Is that $30 after a
>>rebate? I do need to build a couple of media boxes and those might be
>>ideal in mirrored pairs.
>>
>>-Keith
>
>
>Yes Keith you are right. heat is the principal enemy of electronics,
>I modify my case in order to accommodate a larger fan located in front
>of the 4 hard drives and they run just above the ambient temperature.
>
>On the previous subject. I completed the installation of 3 switches
>that turn power OFF to the drives ( the C: doesn't have a switch) and
>I am about to go out and get one more switch to install on my second
>serial drive.
>So far everything works fine.
>I even, accidentally , switched power OFF on one of the drivers that
>was running and switched ON again with no problems.
>
>Thanks to all of you that contribute to this small project.
>
>Vlad


Heat is the principal enemy of electronics,
I modify my case in order to accommodate a larger fan located in front
of the 4 hard drives and they run just above the ambient temperature.

On the previous subject. I completed the installation of 3 switches
that turn power OFF to the drives ( the C: doesn't have a switch) and
I am about to go out and get one more switch to install on my second
serial drive.
So far everything works fine.
I even, accidentally , switched power OFF on one of the drivers that
was running and switched ON again with no problems.

Thanks to all of you that contribute to this small project.

Vlad
.

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