CDRW Cooling?

[ricksimm]

Should you take extra steps to cool these 52X CDRWs? I put one in the top bay of an older case where the only exhaust fan was the PSU fan and the CDRW has gone bad. Thanks.

 

[rxc]

I don't thinks it's necessary to cool a CDRW drive but I did leave an empty drive bay between that drive and my DVD drive to give it more breathing room.

 

[archilochus]

I dought it has gone bad due to heat issues.If your case was getting that hot,your CPU would be unstable also. The only thing that I would suggest if you think that excessive heat killed the drive is to install a blow hole with fan in the top of the case.This would allow the heat at the top of the case to be exhausted out.
THE FANMAN

 

[clocker2]

Unless you were burning lots of disks, back to back, then I can't see that heat buildup was the culprit in your failure.
When I did my first major file backup I burned maybe 50 CDs, one after the other and didn't really notice a major case temp change.

 

[vonkaar]

I strapped 12 226w peltiers on the top and bottom of my CDRW. I 'burn' CDs at -30°C.

 

[slater3333uk]

LOL

yeh and ive got my prommy mach2 cooling my dvd rom!

(ignore us)

 

[ptwearnhardtfan]

Any cooling helps, but I don't think it's necessary to cool a CDRW drive.

 

[asw7576]

I strapped 12 226w peltiers on the top and bottom of my CDRW. I 'burn' CDs at -30°C.

Really???

I've got better cooler to cool CDRW + DVD + HDD + Floppy Disk all in one arrangement.

1st: Arrange CDRW + DVD + HDD + Floppy Disk on the evaporator. It's 14 inches wide, so it should be enough size.

2nd. Turn On the AC unit, and voila..... I can do BIOS FLASH -26C !!!