[mythtv-users] Cooling Hard Drives

John Kuhn kuhn at razorsys.com
Thu Mar 10 16:21:30 UTC 2005


Fa Yoeu wrote:

>I have 3 seagate barracuda HDs.  I am wondering what is the best way
>to quietly cool these down.  Right now I think they are running *very*
>hot.  The only fans in the mini atx tower are the power supply fan and
>the cpu fan.  Wondering what is the more effective and quiet way to
>cool down these HDs?  Thanks.
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you can always see exactly how hot they are by looking at the smart 
data.. or installing hddtemp..

as far as cooling them.. i dont.. and i have the same amount of fans as 
you..

root at mythtv:~# hddtemp /dev/hda
/dev/hda: ST380021A: 36 C
root at mythtv:~# hddtemp /dev/hdd
/dev/hdd: ST3120026A: 39 C

--John


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