[sdiy] All this cooling and noise stuff

[Ken Stone]

>BTW, the open ports on a hard drive are for air pressure compensation.
>The hole is typically covered with a Gor-tex vent, which lets air in
>and out, but blocks dust, dirt and water vapor. Covering this vent
>might be okay as long as the drive doesn't heat or cool significantly,
>or get taken up or down in altitude (either case will cause the air
>inside the case to expand or contract, and an extreme condition might
>break the seals on the case).

This will lead almost certainly to disaster. I have read of similar
experiments. The HD usually dies. Apart from the points already mentioned,
there are usually some pressure-only contacts, frequently of a rubber like
material, that simply cannot be soldered up, and probably would not like
either the acrylic, or the whatever the chosen cooling medium.

The "easiest" solution is to put the computer in the next room and run a few
wires through a hole in the wall.

Ken
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