Removable Hard Drive Cooling

[Dee]

I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether - this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.

Are there any website that give instructions on how to do this and what
values to use?

 

[CJT]

I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether - this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.

Although it will slow the fan, a resistor is also going to generate more
heat. Why not replace the fan with a quieter one?

 

[0_Qed]

I have a tower PC with three removable hard drive bays.

all the removable drives has a single fan at the front.

However they sppin very fast ans now they're also becoming noisy

Pull the tray ...
access the mini fan, pull the sticky label, a 1/10th drop of lite oil
....

so for the
main Hard Drive I've disconncted the fan altogether -

For an HD spinning at 5k ... `eh ...
at 7500 & above ... no_no

Try removing the top 'cover' on the tray ... pin-hole drill the bottom
tray sheet metal ...
mite help 'some' with air flow around the HD circ bd ...
pressurize the case ( positive inside ) too ...

this has made the PC a
lot quieter but I'd like to get some kind of air flowing over the Hard
Drive.

Can I splice the cable going to the fan and simply add a resitor to slow it
down? or a variable resistor? I want it to spin more slowly.

Are there any website that give instructions on how to do this and what
values to use?

Try Google Groups and arg=" pc fan control " ... use the encap quotes
too

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