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From: rjd@nancy (Rob Demillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 20 mg hard card / ventilation
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 22:42:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 22:42:41 1987
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In article <3737@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> tpf@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Tom Friedel) writes:
>However, when I have my PC on for more than about three hours, I start
>getting 'sector not found' errors, and eventually the entire machine is
>operationless.  I discovered that this was because the hard card was 
>overheating.  Now I'm running my PC with the case open and a house fan
>pointed at the hard card.  This works great!! (but not a permanent solution).
>
>Has anyone had similar problems??
>

Not with a Hard Card, but with a 20 Meg Seagate internal hard disk. I have
a suped up IBM PC Portable (Really an XT in a smaller case). I was told you
couldn't put a hard disk in one, so I went and bought one anyway. I made my
own external case (out of a Radio Schack "experiments case"), and fixed up 
my own wiring. 

Sure enough, same symptoms: after about 3 hours...sector errors then system
shutdown. I took the case apart, drilled some more vents, afixed a small
casing fan (intended for a Mac), and...voila! No more problems, and I've
had it on for weeks at a time....



                     - Rob DeMillo
		       Brown University - Planetary Science Group
		       
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