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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17960 comp.os.linux.hardware:1873 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5234 comp.os.os2.misc:124784 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newsgate.advantis.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!news From: jwelter@ibm.net (John Welter) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 5 Feb 1995 23:51:26 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3h3o9u$8oq@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <STEPHENS.95Feb1162921@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com> <3gs889$18@fido.asd.sgi.com> <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com> Reply-To: jwelter@ibm.net (John Welter) NNTP-Posting-Host: slip153-1.on.ca.ibm.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 In <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com>, peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >Given that the Seagates that caught on fire were at least 2G drives, I >wouldn't jump to that conclusion... > >(not to mention the 1G drives I'm going through in our Sparcstations) If you'd read the spec's on the large Seagate drives and do your homework to find out that you need more cooling, and added a second fan, then you wouldn't be going through drives. They >DO< die if they do not have ample cooling. In all 20 of our machines using the 12450, they NEEDED a second fan. This is in addition to big fans in the power supply's (PC Power and cooling twin power units), a 5.25" fan blowing into the expansion card area, and a little fan on the P54's heatsink. These are also in LARGE cases, with a empty drive bay above and below the Seagates. I assume the 1gig drives are the same, as we are currently upgrading to the 4gig units, and they too, need lots of cooling. Hope this helps.