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Momentus XT for Torrenting?
datora:
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--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 03:02:01 AM ---It says : 5-35°C [ Environmental Requirement ]
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/591216-REG/LaCie_301442U_1TB_d2_Quadra_Hard.html
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What that "Environmental Requirement" is about is that the room temperature should not be lower or higher than that range.
A cooler room temperature will help you because it will help the aluminum enclosure radiate heat faster. So, place the drive in the coolest place you can, make sure none of the sides are blocked or touching anything, if you can get air blowing across it, even better.
We don't know what hard drive is inside it unless you take it apart. That's usually pretty easy to do, if you feel confident. After building your folding machine recently, it shouldn't be very scarey for you.
It's not totally important, but if we know the model of the hard drive inside the enclosure, it can be googled up and find out it's operating specification. And find out if other people have found it to be a model with trouble.
So, it's a fanless enclosure, but supposedly designed to use the aluminum of the case as a heat sink. If I had the drive myself, I would be able to examine it and come up with some sort of hack ... but, without handling it, I'd be hard pressed to give you exact instructions on what to try. As I said, cool location, blow air on it is a Good Thing.
If I had it, I might consider looking for places to put holes in the enclosure with a drill or something. Make sure if you do that NO metal particles AT ALL get into the case where they could short anything out. I might also consider stuff like soldering thin copper wire or aluminum mesh to the case & try to increase its heat dissipation capacity, and/or even trying to mount a small fan (40mm or 50mm) on it somehow & tap the power.
I'm good at little hardware hacks like that if I have the item in my hands, but can't really advise over the interwebz so much. Your sensei who helped with your build might be willing to advise you ..?
Lupin:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 03:02:01 AM ---It says : 5-35°C
My thermostat thing reads 56
That bad right>
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You're more likely to kill the drive in that enclosure by knocking it over while in use than by high temperature.
I live in a tropical country, 56C drives are normal, especially during summer. None of my drives have died due to heat. The primary cause of drive failures I've experienced were due to voltage fluctuations in the supplies. Seagate drives seem to be less tolerant of these voltage variations.
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: datora on August 30, 2011, 04:30:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 04:06:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 03:02:01 AM ---It says : 5-35°C [ Environmental Requirement ]
--- End quote ---
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/591216-REG/LaCie_301442U_1TB_d2_Quadra_Hard.html
--- End quote ---
What that "Environmental Requirement" is about is that the room temperature should not be lower or higher than that range.
A cooler room temperature will help you because it will help the aluminum enclosure radiate heat faster. So, place the drive in the coolest place you can, make sure none of the sides are blocked or touching anything, if you can get air blowing across it, even better.
We don't know what hard drive is inside it unless you take it apart. That's usually pretty easy to do, if you feel confident. After building your folding machine recently, it shouldn't be very scarey for you.
It's not totally important, but if we know the model of the hard drive inside the enclosure, it can be googled up and find out it's operating specification. And find out if other people have found it to be a model with trouble.
So, it's a fanless enclosure, but supposedly designed to use the aluminum of the case as a heat sink. If I had the drive myself, I would be able to examine it and come up with some sort of hack ... but, without handling it, I'd be hard pressed to give you exact instructions on what to try. As I said, cool location, blow air on it is a Good Thing.
If I had it, I might consider looking for places to put holes in the enclosure with a drill or something. Make sure if you do that NO metal particles AT ALL get into the case where they could short anything out. I might also consider stuff like soldering thin copper wire or aluminum mesh to the case & try to increase its heat dissipation capacity, and/or even trying to mount a small fan (40mm or 50mm) on it somehow & tap the power.
I'm good at little hardware hacks like that if I have the item in my hands, but can't really advise over the interwebz so much. Your sensei who helped with your build might be willing to advise you ..?
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okay, but I back up stuff on the drive first, yes?
datora:
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--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 07:57:54 AM ---but I back up stuff on the drive first, yes?
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Backing up a drive before you work on it is always a Good Idea.
But, it depends what you want to do. If you just want to open the enclosure and find out the model of the drive inside it, you can certainly do that carefully and safely without having to go through a full back-up. Follow basic common sense like you did with your build, make sure you are fully grounded and can't discharge static, don't drop the drive. Etc.
If you want to modify the enclosure to try & make it cooler, then I'd certainly consider backing the drive up. Same rules apply: slow & careful, don't contaminate the drive with dust, especially metal dust, zero-static work space, etc. You would remove the drive from the enclosure, put it in a safe place, perform your enclosure mods, make sure the enclosure isn't contaminated with anything, put the drive back. Pretty much the same as installing or moving drives around in your main computer case.
I do this several times a week right now, so I'm very comfortable and careful with it. I haven't backed up any of the drives I handle like this, so it's not necessary ... just so long as you do it very carefully.
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: datora on August 30, 2011, 04:00:14 PM ---.
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on August 30, 2011, 07:57:54 AM ---but I back up stuff on the drive first, yes?
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Backing up a drive before you work on it is always a Good Idea.
But, it depends what you want to do. If you just want to open the enclosure and find out the model of the drive inside it, you can certainly do that carefully and safely without having to go through a full back-up. Follow basic common sense like you did with your build, make sure you are fully grounded and can't discharge static, don't drop the drive. Etc.
If you want to modify the enclosure to try & make it cooler, then I'd certainly consider backing the drive up. Same rules apply: slow & careful, don't contaminate the drive with dust, especially metal dust, zero-static work space, etc. You would remove the drive from the enclosure, put it in a safe place, perform your enclosure mods, make sure the enclosure isn't contaminated with anything, put the drive back. Pretty much the same as installing or moving drives around in your main computer case.
I do this several times a week right now, so I'm very comfortable and careful with it. I haven't backed up any of the drives I handle like this, so it's not necessary ... just so long as you do it very carefully.
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This is a really bad case design for the drive... there are NO VENTS, no fans. It is just a block of metal and relies on the metal to conduct heat. Naturally the metal over time becomes too hot.
So maybe I'll replace the case.
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