Fellow LYNtians please post pictures of ur hdd cooling solutions.....also post ur questions about hdd cooling...

This post has been edited by lolhalol: Jul 18 2006, 06:06 PM

Can't see it, brother

black black, nothing there, dont tell me open this pic then hd will cooller lo!!

black...nothing there....please give usefull infomation

sorry man i dun really know how to post pics yet .. im newbie dude..... can help me out'????

Maybe you need to reduce the photo size to attach.

ok now i know how to post ill post some now

not good...you wrap the under part of the HDD with the soft sponge (don't know proper name) which is blocking heat from dissipating from the chips.

you mean the white coloured ones they wrap gpu's in??

ermm my suggesion is not on top but bottom, i have an external hard disk case and 250gb hd inside, and running over night the hd is super duper hot ( 70-75'C i think, cant even put your hand on it for 2 seconds )

and from that exprience, the bottom of HD is more hot ( the body not the electronics chip board side )

but its hard to and may be not that good to put heatsink there cause

1. scare short curcuit the electronics chip board
2. most of the HD body is come with pattern, so wont have flat surface to put your heatsink

its a good idea but instead of mounting it like that y not just mount it like normal?? itll be better as heat moves upward.... and i see in the UV thread u have a fron intake fan...thatll already help with the cooling...

and like abubin said...the spongge will only block heat from dissipating from the chips. more dangerous actually.

so my suggestion is to take off the sponge and just mount it the way its supposed to be in the case. the front intake fan will help move fresh air over the top heatsinks and also help move air below the hdd and help cool the chips at the bottom

oh yeah....did u use any thermal tape/paste? itll work even better if u did...

not relly .... i just used double sided tape and jip ties... neways the reason i mounting it like this is couze the hd screw holes are not working anymore they are not tight so i have to put it side ways ... any suggestions on alternative ways is welcome.....

not working? do u use the right size of the screw? some screw is smaller.

anyway is there any thermal tape that big size?! where to get it o?

it wasnt thermal tape it wuz jus any old double tape at the edge of the heatsink... onli a bit of the heatsink is coverd by the tape... also the base has twolevels the center is raised so i put the tape at the side the screw is right size but the hole threads are gone ...

erm, this is what i did, just a huge chunk of heatsink to put onto my HDD, havent applied any thermal paste yet.

the bottom part is hotter because the motor is located on the bottom of the frame, so if heat dissipation on top is faster, it can absorb the heat from bottom up.


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wah thats huge man..... where did u get that thing???

if the heatsink is thinner and has more fins, it will be better...

wah...the pro has spoken
anyway, allngap...just wondering how much will it b?
n izzit possible 2 make the fins smaller/reduce the height?
oso more fins?

Jus put a 80mm fan under the hdd..the black part where the motor is..ur hdd will plunge to room temp...u better remove tht sponge..its very bad...tht under part was specifically designed to dissipate heat which explains its uneven bottom painted wif black..a good colour for heat dissipation.

This post has been edited by radioactive: Mar 25 2006, 01:12 AM

hey guys u got any good alternatives for mounting a hdd side ways..