Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 11:46:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: ewv@boom.bsdi.com (Eric Varsanyi) Cc: robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low noise 2 GB hard drive Message-ID: <199607091846.LAA07618@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199607091840.MAA12079@boom.vars.com> from Eric Varsanyi at "Jul 9, 96 12:40:51 pm"
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> >> I'm looking for a 2 GB SCSI hard drive which is fast, reliable and
> >> most important, quiet ("normal" SCSI, no wide or ulta-wide ones).
> >
> >Finding high performance drives that are quiet is a very hard. It's kinda
> >like trying to make a top fuel funny car quiet... but I have just brought
> >these drives in and they are reasonably quiet.
>
> I read (I think in EETimes a few months back) that there are "sleeves" that
> you can put 3.5" drives in to quiet them down (it was in an article about
> obstacles to having a set-top PC) - these sleeves are designed to conduct
> heat while keeping the drive quiet.
Don't try to put a 7200 RPM class drive in one of those ``sleeves'', it'll
cook it in very short order.
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Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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