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Subject: Re:  hard disks at home
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Date: Thu, 11-Aug-83 19:29:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 11 19:29:57 1983
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From:  Speaker-To-Animals <speaker%umcp-cs@udel-relay>

	  In the latest issue of PC World there are two articles on
	hard disk systems. One of these articles claims that if you
	put a hard disk inside the PC (not XT) cabinet there is
	no way to dissipate the heat.
	  So the question is: has anyone out there had any problems
	with heat and internal hard disks?

I wouldn't attempt to install a hard disk in my PC without
an external power supply to drive the disk. As I understand
(and I could very well be wrong) the PC power supply cannot
deliver the peak power a hard disk will demand.

As for cooling, ALL of the IBM PCs have this problem.
That one little fan in the back is surely not enough to cool
off 5 or even eight hot power-hungry boards.
The machine seems to have been designed with elegance and
looks in mind rather than good design.

						- Speaker