sm8000
11-12-2003, 03:33 PM
I have an IBM 15K 36GB SCSI drive (SCA 80-pin with 68-pin adapter). It's at home, but I'll bring it to school after break. A friend of mine has given me an old external case for a SCSI CD-ROM; I'm going to take the optical drive out and mount the hard drive in there. I'm going to bypass the enclosure's SCSI-2 connector and run the cable directly to the drive (to the adapter).
In fact, I'm even going to run an internal ribbon cable to it, through an open slot in the back of my case. The card is an LSI U160. Later, when I get a bigger case & PSU, I'll put a tape drive in this thing and use my 50-to-68-pin adapter. I might even be able to get a Centronics adapter for this thing.
What I'm concerned about is the heat that this drive can generate - Storage Review called it the hottest drive they'd seen at the time. This is why I'm not putting it in my tiny case (sparing my wimpy PSU). Since this is a 3.5" drive in a relatively spacious 5.25" bay, what's the best way to ensure decent air temps around it? I know pcpowerandcooling.com has a cooling rack that should fit, but I don't want to spend $40 when $20 will do.
In fact, I'm even going to run an internal ribbon cable to it, through an open slot in the back of my case. The card is an LSI U160. Later, when I get a bigger case & PSU, I'll put a tape drive in this thing and use my 50-to-68-pin adapter. I might even be able to get a Centronics adapter for this thing.
What I'm concerned about is the heat that this drive can generate - Storage Review called it the hottest drive they'd seen at the time. This is why I'm not putting it in my tiny case (sparing my wimpy PSU). Since this is a 3.5" drive in a relatively spacious 5.25" bay, what's the best way to ensure decent air temps around it? I know pcpowerandcooling.com has a cooling rack that should fit, but I don't want to spend $40 when $20 will do.