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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: advice sought - Quantum 2GB Atlas broken 
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On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > On a different note, one thing I've started doing as I build machines (and
> > it's helped so far as I can see in the short-term; Quantum Grand Prix
> > drives were dying after less than 3 months of service) is to mount one of
> 
> Grand Prix drives tend to die on a variety of general principles, but
> heat stroke is definitely one of them.  Good idea on the fans - if
> your case design will accomodate them, they're a worthwhile investment
> for pretty much *any* high capacity drive, though I might also note
> that the newer Quantum Atlas II drives appear to run considerably
> cooler than their predecessors.  I just got one of these drives, and I
> can say that I really really like it.
> 
> 						Jordan

  Any thoughts on the Barracuda 4lp series?


Tom