15 Apr
2007
15 Apr
'07
9:44 p.m.
jd wrote:
I am finding the most recent drives are much hotter
than older ones.
I have a bunch of 3.5's under 10Gb that run way cooler than the newer,
10Gb++ lot.
Three of my seven newest 30+Gb disks have already fried and died and
one can't write anymore.
I've had to liquid cool the survivors because airflow just won't work
anymore without very cold air.
Jerome Fine replies:
I purchased 3 * 40 GB ATA 100 3.5" Maxtor drives
in 2002. One died within a year and was replaced.
The other 2 died early this year followed almost
immediately by the replacement.
I now have 3 * 160 GB drives since they no longer
seem to make a 40 GB drive that is any less expensive.
But, even though they don't seem to run even warm
(I can touch them and they don't seem any warmer
than my hand), PC drives seem to fail after about
5,000 hours of use.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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