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LopeDogg · 01-02-2005, 06:57 PM

just did some experiments

i might be watercooling my DVDrom and CDRW aswell. gonna put them both vertical, using up 4 5.25" bays, i can then fit about 15mm of polystyrene above and below them, and on the sides and back (with some decoupling foam).
obviously its not ideal, and there wont be a perfect seal on the "lid" or cover that goes in front of the drives, but im sure they will be a lot quieter.

gonna play with this rubbery foam mattress type stuff aswell, might work better, and i can fit more of it in. it looks like it would decouple vibration better than polystyrene.

im thinking of maybe using some type of clamping mechanism to hold the cover on firmly, to hold the noise inside the enclosure, and then mod the CDrom drives, so that their drive tray motors cant run while its closed, and if they do try run a light flashes or something. :/

i have thought of "stealthing" the drives with the cover, but i dont think the seal will be good enough. CDROMs are loud.

ideas?

01-02-2005, 06:57 PM	#3
LopeDogg Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 69	just did some experiments i might be watercooling my DVDrom and CDRW aswell. gonna put them both vertical, using up 4 5.25" bays, i can then fit about 15mm of polystyrene above and below them, and on the sides and back (with some decoupling foam). obviously its not ideal, and there wont be a perfect seal on the "lid" or cover that goes in front of the drives, but im sure they will be a lot quieter. gonna play with this rubbery foam mattress type stuff aswell, might work better, and i can fit more of it in. it looks like it would decouple vibration better than polystyrene. im thinking of maybe using some type of clamping mechanism to hold the cover on firmly, to hold the noise inside the enclosure, and then mod the CDrom drives, so that their drive tray motors cant run while its closed, and if they do try run a light flashes or something. :/ i have thought of "stealthing" the drives with the cover, but i dont think the seal will be good enough. CDROMs are loud. ideas?