USB Exterior HDD's

Hi,
I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?

I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?

Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
attempt.

Mike

Me thinkest you worry a bit much ... The commerially available setups work
fine.

--
DaveW



"Michael P Gabriel" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> Hi,
> I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
>
> I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
>
> Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> attempt.
>
> Mike

"DaveW" <> wrote in message news:<5f33d.6238$wV.2320@attbi_s54>...
> Me thinkest you worry a bit much ... The commerially available setups work
> fine.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>Thanks Dave, I'll take a chance on one. Any Recommendations??
>
> "Michael P Gabriel" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
> > Hi,
> > I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> > enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> > circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
> >
> > I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> > case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
> >
> > Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> > attempt.
> >
> > Mike

(Michael P Gabriel) wrote in message news:< >...
> Hi,
> I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
>
> I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
>
> Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> attempt.
>
> Mike

I've had a commercial 40GB pocket drive for, oh, 1.5 yrs or so now,
and so far have had no heat problems (knock knock)

--Brother Ike

(Maitaimaker) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> (Michael P Gabriel) wrote in message news:< >...
> > Hi,
> > I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> > enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> > circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
> >
> > I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> > case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
> >
> > Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> > attempt.
> >
> > Mike
>
> I've had a commercial 40GB pocket drive for, oh, 1.5 yrs or so now,
> and so far have had no heat problems (knock knock)
>
> --Brother Ike

Hi Michael,
The commercial drives should be fine. You shouldn't need a case
riddled with holes. Besides, one with holes will be more likely to get
dusty or dirty anyway. All you should have to do is be sure that you
clean any air holes that a commercial drive does provide,
occasionally.

Brad
Silicon Alley Computers
www.siliconalleycomputers.com

On 18 Sep 2004 12:05:56 -0700, (Michael P Gabriel)
wrote:

>Hi,
>I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
>enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
>circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
>
>I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
>case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
>
>Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
>attempt.
>
>Mike

Just get one that has a fan in the back & don't try to run it 24/7.
For very light use most models are fine.

Hi! I believe what you guys have been talking about is an internal IDE
hard drive enclosed in an external enclosure, which is also known as
drive case, that can be connected via USB or FireWire port. This is
one of the famous ways to building a cheap external hard drive.

Well, normally there's no heating problem over these external hard
drives, which are housed in external enclosures, because they offer a
fan at the rear side for air circulation.

Plese take a look at the following URL for more information:

http://www.removable-storage-guide.com

Hope this helps!

Curious George <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 18 Sep 2004 12:05:56 -0700, (Michael P Gabriel)
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> >enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> >circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
> >
> >I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> >case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
> >
> >Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> >attempt.
> >
> >Mike
>
> Just get one that has a fan in the back & don't try to run it 24/7.
> For very light use most models are fine.

Kanguru, BUSlink, and Seagate make really good external drives. They
also have them in combo's, which means you get them in both USB and
Firewire. Remember that you can not boot your system from an external
drive.


(Victor Ng) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> Hi! I believe what you guys have been talking about is an internal IDE
> hard drive enclosed in an external enclosure, which is also known as
> drive case, that can be connected via USB or FireWire port. This is
> one of the famous ways to building a cheap external hard drive.
>
> Well, normally there's no heating problem over these external hard
> drives, which are housed in external enclosures, because they offer a
> fan at the rear side for air circulation.
>
> Plese take a look at the following URL for more information:
>
> http://www.removable-storage-guide.com
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Curious George <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> > On 18 Sep 2004 12:05:56 -0700, (Michael P Gabriel)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > >I'm interested in buying such a HDD, but I notice that they're
> > >enclosed in a container that probably doen't have enough air
> > >circulation. Don't they heat up and then go to hard drive heaven?
> > >
> > >I Would like to buy a HDD, encase it in a home made airhole-riddled
> > >case and connect it somehow.....you tell me how?
> > >
> > >Have I been smoking the wrong stuff??? Or, is it a logical project to
> > >attempt.
> > >
> > >Mike
> >
> > Just get one that has a fan in the back & don't try to run it 24/7.
> > For very light use most models are fine.