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From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: Fujitsu drives are HOT !!!
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 10:44:18 GMT

zeglins@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gordon W. Zeglinski) writes:

>Having been messing around inside a PC today, I had the opertunity to
>check out the temperature of a fukitsu M2263?? 640 Mg drive.  The drive/PC
>were on for about 4 hours prior to the case being opened.

>The drive was HOT.  Not quite unbearable to the touch but way above room
>temp.  I would guess its running around 30 C.   

>Is this normal ?????  Seems to be very hot to me.
>Perhaps these drives should not be mounted inside the computer main case ??

No, it's really not _that_ hot. I would never run them without a cooling
fan, whether in a PC case or it's own external unit.
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