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Hard Drive Cooling for 10 Cents

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the easy-fixes dept.

David Tiberio writes "I've bought many hard drive cooling solutions over the years, sometimes spending $50 or more on drive cooling systems that were noisy and did little to cool down the drive. After much tinkering, I discovered a simple solution that cost me only 10 cents per drive... the 1/2 inch bracket. Mounts any 80mm fan to the belly of an internal hard drive."

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  1. 10c? by ElPresidente1972 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fan not included, I take it?

    (first post?)

    1. Re:10c? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      You have to take the fan out of the power supply to put on the hard drive bracket and then swap the case fan with the power supply fan because your power supply is over-heating and then go out and purchase a case fan because your system is getting too warm.

      So essentially. the hard drive fan is free. It is the case fan that costs you some dough...

    2. Re:10c? by brunson · · Score: 5, Funny

      I found a way to get huge performance increases out of my Saturn for only 5 dollars.

      I take this $5 towstrap and attach it to the back of this Viper... suddenly my 0-60 times are are cut in half and my mileage is through the roof!

      Thanks, Slashdot.

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    3. Re:10c? by Kenshin · · Score: 3, Funny

      4. Piss me off for wasting my time. I even wasted my time typing this up

      Yes, I can feel your frustration. That 10c your time was worth would have been much better spent buying a bracket for your fan.

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  2. only 10c for a bracket. Oh and a fan. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uhh that sounds like Microsoft costing.

    MS: "We can help you serve customers for only 10c a day!"
    Manager: "woohoo. Approved!"
    MS: "So your bill is $36.50 for the first year, plus $899 site license, plus $299 Windows licenses for each CPU plus $1599 service contract plus...."

  3. Wow. by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who knew you could attach things to other things using a bracket and screws? Thanks again Slashdot.

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  4. In other news... by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your data called.
    It wants the integrity of its magnetic field back.

    1. Re:In other news... by pegr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Also, newer fans don't emit any magnetic field at all, as they don't use electric motors

      I give up... Hampters?

  5. Yeah! by ArAgost · · Score: 5, Funny

    *This* is top-grade engineering! This could be used to cool down spacecraft re-entering earth atmosphere :|

  6. Re:Airflow? by Dashing+Leech · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Wouldn't it make more sense to pull the air away from the drive?"

    Absolutely. That's why on hot summer days I sit behind a nice cool fan facing away from me.

  7. Woah! I was so close! by orionware · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was mounting the fan on the OUTSIDe of the case. I was alot cooler but that damn drives kept getting hot! I was so close...

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  8. Re:Thanks by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just wait until you see the next story, which extolls the incredible power of . . . string.

    KFG

  9. Be Careful by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    I also tried mounting a fan to my hard drive with an angle bracket. I found out that you need to be really careful about how deep you drill and tap the mounting holes into the drive.

    I used 1/2-inch deep holes, and the drive wouldn't even fire up when I tried to boot. It turned out that the drive had really flimsy construction, and they had moving parts right under the surface that were immobilized by the screws. The cheap POS wouldn't even work after I took the screws back out.

    If you plan to do this, I'd recommend using very short screws; probably no more than 1/8-inch.

  10. A better idea... by Eyeball97 · · Score: 4, Funny
    You don't need a fan.

    All you need is the blade from an old fan, a toothpick, and a 2mm drill.

    1. Drill a hole in the drive directly above the platters
    2. With some superglue on the end of the toothpick, insert it in the hole so that it sticks to the spindle
    3. Glue the blade to the other end of the toothpick.

    Now you see, no need for a fan. As long as your drive's running, the fan blade you just installed will be spinning at 5400 (or whatever rpm) your drive is.

    Much cheaper than $0.10.