Hi, Just a suggestion which I have used in the past to cool drives when they are in the front of the computer. I used a normal 80mm fan and mounted it on the detachable front plates with a hole cut out to the size of the fan and a piece of mesh to keep fingers out of the fan. It was mounted so as to suck the hot air out from the drives. The only problem is the additional noise of the fan, but is sure drops the temp of the drives considerably. Regards, Graham Smith ------------------------------------------ On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:13, Ron Cordell wrote:
I have found what maybe the problem, but I am not discounting the hardware one...
From the hdparm man page: -Z
Disable the automatic power-saving function of certain Seagate drives (ST3xxx models?), to prevent them from idling/spinning- down at inconvenient times.
I doubt this is it, but it's worth a try... maybe.
I'll take a look. These are ST410008N drives (I think that is the model number), and I don't recall them having that feature.
After disassembling the case, the drive above the bottom Seagate is the one that is giving the problems, giving credence to the heat problem theory. I've removed the front panels from in front of the drives for now (I can't move them - there is no room in the bays), and will place a fan there to pull air through the case.
Thanks,
-ronc