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Monday, Jun 27, 2005

As you can see (via my nice MS Paint writing) the new fan is 80 by 25 millimetres. You can also see that it is mounted on top. I think little metal thing is a real nice touch, don't you?

The old fan was in the back. It was 40 by 10 millimetres. Far inferior to the monster that's on there now. I taped over the hole since the new fan is near the back, that way any air coming into the case will have to rush by the hard drive before being blown out. Clever, eh?

Here I show that I've taken the front cover off. This provides exponentially greater air flow. If you look closely at the bottom of the case, you can see the pin prick size holes that the air used to flow through.

All in all, it was a pain in the butt and a considerable amount of labour (before my friend lent me his dremmel that is), but I'm quite proud of it. And my hard drive now runs VERY cool.
Project costs:
Existing hard drive - $0
Existing enclosure - $0
Fan from defunct computer - $0
my time - $0 (approx. 7 - 10 hours for everything)
Total cost - $0

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That really is using your brain. I am amazed. Most people would never think to come up with something like that. You must be from the south. My family always called my grandpa a southern engineer for doing something like that except he used duct tape and electrical tape. We always said the old house we lived in was held together by electrical tape and wire. It caught on fire after we moved out. Another typical soutnern engineered masterpiece gone with the wind.
Posted Jun 28, 2005 12:22 am PT
Dude, you ought to AT LEAST quantify your manhours of effort, don'tcha think? You said that your job was paying you like $5.15 an hour? 7-10 manhours would thus be $36.05 - $51.15 in manhours.

Just in case you didn't have a calculator handy. ;-)
Posted Jun 29, 2005 3:32 pm PT
Hey now, I make 5.30/hr! Don't gyp me $.15/hr, lol.
But remember, I did this work when I wasn't @ work...so, that time is worth $0. I guess I'm worthless...heh. I need to get a higher paying job...and finish college.
Posted Jul 1, 2005 7:26 am PT
wtf is that lol, thats were u keep ur dentures?
Posted Feb 7, 2007 5:40 am PT
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