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Unread 02-07-2004, 12:19 PM   #90
nicozeg
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Originally Posted by bigben2k

The backside cover doesn't touch the spindle motor (air gap), and that's where the heat comes from, so cooling the cover isn't going to do much. It's pretty obvious from the pics that water cooling the spindle motor directly is going to be pretty inconvenient, hence my decision to just cool the sides, and stick a few miniature heatsinks to cool any hot electronics, with the help of a small fan.

Remember that this is valid in a seagate barracuda, some drives have the cover screwed to the motor.

About the electronics: The smaller square chip was at more than 60ÂșC, but seems it works happy at that temp.
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