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Maxtor Hard Drive Heating Problems

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by t3chb0y, Jul 5, 2006.

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  1. t3chb0y Newcomer, in training

    I use the 250GB Maxtor ATA 133 Diamondmax 10 in my external hard drive..
    Hard Drive
    Enclosure :
    The thing is that I'm really fed up with the heat it gives off..

    When the hard drive is on full load...the enclosure gets pretty hot...

    However , often times ...many drive errors appear like partition corruption probably due to the heating of the hard drive..

    Is there anything I could do to make it cooler or etc?

    I regret buying a drive from Maxtor
  2. Gars TechSpot Enthusiast

    maxtor is hot, pretty hot :)
    im glad that they will no longer exist
    its seems that you need to replace the enclosure with some liquid system
    chek this
    for sure u need better cooling

    regards
  3. t3chb0y Newcomer, in training

    I don't have the money in my pocket to buy water cooling....way too expensive for me
  4. iss TechSpot Chancellor

    is the fan working in the enclosure?
  5. t3chb0y Newcomer, in training

    yes , it is working but then even with the fan...the hard drive can't get cool enough ..

    It's an improvement from my previous plastic enclosure where the drive overheats and then crashes...

    I still need a more effective way to getting heat out from the hard drive
  6. iss TechSpot Chancellor

    I run Seagate and Western digital drives in USB 2.0 enclosures and have no problems with heat as long as the enclosure has a fan. if you dont have the money to replace the drive then your only viable option is to find ways to allow more air flow. thru the enclosure.
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