Removable Hard Drive Cooling

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I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether - this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.

Are there any website that give instructions on how to do this and what
values to use?
 
Dee said:
I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether - this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.
Click to expand...

Although it will slow the fan, a resistor is also going to generate more
heat. Why not replace the fan with a quieter one?
 
Dee said:
I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy
Click to expand...

Pull the tray ...
access the mini fan, pull the sticky label, a 1/10th drop of lite oil
....

so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether -
Click to expand...

For an HD spinning at 5k ... `eh ...
at 7500 & above ... no_no

Try removing the top 'cover' on the tray ... pin-hole drill the bottom
tray sheet metal ...
mite help 'some' with air flow around the HD circ bd ...
pressurize the case ( positive inside ) too ...

this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.

Are there any website that give instructions on how to do this and what
values to use?
Click to expand...

Try Google Groups and arg=" pc fan control " ... use the encap quotes
too

Qed
 
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