On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:23:11 +0100, Derkjan <derkjan@haanjdj.demon.nl>
wrote:


>> The question is: "Who is guilty, IBM DCAS or SS10 power supply?" Does
>> anyone has similar experience with burned HDs in a SS10?
>
> Well, I have used a couple of SS5 and SS20's, and have never experienced
> burned HDs. You need to make sure a couple of things though:
> - keep the machine clean and dust-free
> - don't run it without the cover, as this disturbs the airflow
> - make sure that the power supply fans work properly, and the little fan
> that is mounted close to the drive bays still works
> - when using disks that tend to run hot (as most 10K rpm or faster disks
> do), use only one disk

The machine is clean, allways running with it's cover on it, all fans are
working... But all components are 7-10 years old including the DCAS
(5400rpm) which BTW runs very cool and silent. Electronic parts don't run
forever :-(


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