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B&W G3, HD cooling?
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B&W G3, Revision 1, with ATA/100 Controller card, using IBM Deskstar 60 GB 7200 RPM drive.
I had a nasty little problem earlier this afternoon.. my computer had been on since about 3AM, when I got home from work, I left it on all night while I slept. At around 4 PM.. while watching a QT movie, I got aN OS X kernel panic -- I restarted, and immediately got another one when I attempted to login -- I tried once more, and got yet another kernel panic halfway through the boot process. I decided to see if the computer would boot up with an OS X startup disk I have created with boot-CD -- it worked, however, the HD did not mount in the finder! I began to suspect a problem with the HD, at that point, I opened the case and swapped it with this old Maxtor drive that i have, and it booted up just fine into OS X, and worked normally. It was 101 degrees outside today, and the temp in this second story room of the house was horrible, The HD felt like a stove. I let the HD cool and such, and put it back in..and everything is back to normal -- My Question is.. if i assume correctly, should I look into HD cooling, knowing this 7200 RPM may be exposed to very hot summer temps? (worst room in the house for heat.)
Any suggestions?
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IBM hds tend to become hotter than those of other manufacturers.
When you put it back in you G3, just leave enough space between the hds (one hd slot is sufficient).
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The problem is... its the only hard drive I have inside the tower , and It appears to still be suffering from too much heat -- Perhaps its because I have the tower inside a wooden desk cabinet , and its not out in the 'open' space. Maybe the room temperature is getting too high in this particular room for it. Either way, I confirmed that the internal fan is still functioning.. however the HD still seems to get extremely hot. 
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in a room that warm and inside a desk with limited ventilation, i would most definitely look into a HD fan. you seem to have already confirmed that the HD is overheating.
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Moderator Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by suprz's ghost:
in a room that warm and inside a desk with limited ventilation, i would most definitely look into a HD fan. you seem to have already confirmed that the HD is overheating.
No, instead allow enough ventillation around your tower. A fan isn't gonna help if the surrounding air is as hot as inside the tower ...
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