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- From: moksha!mgb (Michael Branton)
- Subject: Re: DEC DE3105 hard drive
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.143803.5041@moksha.uucp>
- Sender: mgb@moksha.uucp (Michael Branton)
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- Organization: Totally Disorganized
- References: <1992Sep2.183858.16034@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 14:38:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.183858.16034@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- jim@ptnext.claremont.edu (Jim Kieley) writes:
- > Has anyone attempted to put a DEC DE3105 1.05 GB 3.5" drive internally in a
- > NeXTstation? For those that don't know, DEC is attempting to aggressively
- > market these drives so they will be sopped up by the workstation market (e.g.
- > SUN people). These are fast SCSI-2 drives operating at 5400 rpm that can be
- > purchased for under $1800 with a 5 year warranty. I am assuming getting
- these
- > to work in a NeXT will involve little more than disabling the SCSI-2 features
- > via a jumper. My concern is with the heat potentially generated by a 5400
- rpm
- > drive (presumably this is much greater than that generated by the 3600 rpm
- > drives typically found in NeXTstations). There have been reported problems
- > with putting these drives in certain VAXstations without fans. Since the
- > NeXTstations have fans I am assuming the potential problems will be
- negligible,
- > but you never know. The CPUs in NeXTs have heatsinks so heat sensitivity
- must
- > be a fairly serious consideration in the overall design. Any experiences or
- > comments are welcome.
-
-
- I have had two vendors and one person who is using this drive tell me that
- mounting it internally is a bad idea, as the drive runs too hot for the
- enclosure.
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- -Michael
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