Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] heads up warning about WD 1TB drive
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Oct 27 07:11:27 2006
References: <01d001c6f9d0$887c2930$6401a8c0@FrankDell2>

Yes, but poor design can increase the noise factor. Quieter does not  
necessarily mean hotter.

I had a housing a few years ago that was so noisy I took the drive  
out and put it in my G4 and tossed the housing.

Ric



On Oct 27, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Gee.... Cooling fans are installed because of heat dissipation.  It  
> is not a design flaw for a fan to generate a lot of noise.   It
> is a reality of air fluid dynamics.    If you defeat the purpose of  
> the fan, you may find the drive does not last too long......
>
> Best think twice, your photos are on that drive.........if it goes  
> south, so do your photos......
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
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