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Hard
Drive Cooling
~ Ghetto Style ~
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by
CrowDesigns
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Got
an old Stock HSF Fan lying around? Well I did. I got to looking at my Enlight
7237 case, and that fan...and wondering just where I could use it.
It puts out a surprising amount of air for such a small fan,
and the power draw wasn't going to be too bad. Got to lookin', and thinkin',
and hmmm, Hard Drive Cooler Project, coming right up..... |
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So,
I yanked off the front bezel and taped the little fan in front of the Hard
Drive, to get an idea of where the hole should be, if it would even fit,
etc. As a matter of fact, it fits almost perfectly, the circle just extends
into the spare Floppy cover. Good thing I had two covers...
Notice those big drilled out holes in the lower part of the
bezel, and the fact that I've cut the intake grill out of the case itself
for the 80mm fan at the bottom. I mean, we want air flow, right? |
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And
this ancient Incense Burner from the Egyptian Era certainly found a modern
use. Just happens to be about 60mm. Just dump out the ashes of the last
offering, and draw that circle. The next step is to get Mr. Dremel out,
and cut away the circle. That took awhile, and then filing and sanding it
smooth. |
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Here's
the fan, mounted on the inside of the bezel, the power cord running through
a convenient hole in the front to an available outlet inside. No kinks of
any wires anywhere. |
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And,
here's the finished assembly. It just barely clears the front of the Hard
Drive when the bezel is snapped back in. Just too cool. There is a setback
gap of about 1/4 inch from the curved part of the bezel to the spare Floppy
cover that bowed a bit, but a little bit of Super Glue made the cover stay
in place. This was the second Floppy cover I tried, and it looks a lot better
than the first one, there's some weird angles to deal with.
Over all, it works very well for nothing. You can feel coolness
to the drive now...and as we all know, cool=longer life. Theoretically.
[ but, man, this winter coolness ain't doing that much for my longer life...
;0) Crow ] |
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Just
another shot, only I got a wild hair and turned the snorkel up and then
added the Peterbilt case badge. hehe...I'm thinking chrome stack, grill,
who knows, maybe air brakes, ....;) It's about as noisy as a truck, too. |
