DO NOT COVER ANY DRIVE HOLES

[[Dr. V]]

MAN i feel your pain.

this happened to a CUSTOMER'S 750GB hard drive...i had to replace it...enough said.

what happened was he requested it to go in the 5.25" drive bay (yes i used a bracket) so he has the entire section of the 3.5" bays for better airflow. i told him with the hardware in that case i was going to recommend that anyway.

at the last minute, instead of having only 2 optical drives, he requested a 3rd one, AND a second hard drive.

yes, the 750GB that was underneath, got totally fried. wouldnt even be recognized.

good luck man!

[Death_blooms]

Originally Posted by ST!X

MAN i feel your pain.

this happened to a CUSTOMER'S 750GB hard drive...i had to replace it...enough said.

what happened was he requested it to go in the 5.25" drive bay (yes i used a bracket) so he has the entire section of the 3.5" bays for better airflow. i told him with the hardware in that case i was going to recommend that anyway.

at the last minute, instead of having only 2 optical drives, he requested a 3rd one, AND a second hard drive.

yes, the 750GB that was underneath, got totally fried. wouldn't even be recognized.

good luck man!

sh*t a 750GB that's a whole load of space and money down the drain.

[Zambini]

ST!X, that story makes me cry :(

[Dread]

Those holes in the HDD casing are there to equalize the pressure when the device
is in operation. The spinning platters can create postive/negative pressure.
It also allows a very small amount of heat to dissipate (not very much though).