[Sunhelp] 4.3 Barracuda hd in sparc 2

[Bill Bradford]

On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 06:09:43PM -0400, Lesyshyn wrote:
> I currently have a 4.3 gig barracuda 7200 in in external 811 case. I would
> like to move so that it is the primary for my sparc 2 replacing a 450. since
> this is a 7200 rpm drive is will heat be an issue, anything else I should be
> aware of?
> TIA
> ADAM

BAD IDEA.  I ran the same drive in a SS1 with no other drives or SBus cards
for about a half hour once, and I've still got the scar from the burn and
blister I got when I tried to grab the drive to remove it.  Serious heat
issue.

Bill

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