[Sunhelp] 4.3 Barracuda hd in sparc 2

[Steve Mynott]

I think it should be ok in a SS2 since it has cooling, but not
a SS1 which doesn't (?)

I would still be careful...

On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 05:56:50PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 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.

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