External Hard Drive Modification

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By Phillip Torrone
Posted 2006/02/05 @ 7:16 am
Category Computers & Mobile, Electronics

Chris writes “You can save money on an expensive hard drive enclosure, by adding a connector for a cooling fan, replacing some LEDs, and lengthening a power cord. A relatively simple mod, it fixes almost everything that makes this cheap enclosure so cheap, using only materials found in a nerdy basement.” Link.

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7 Responses to External Hard Drive Modification

elemenoh on February 5th, 2006 at 10:15 am said:

This is interesting but it hardly seems worth it. How are you going to stack several on top of one another?

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chriszuma on February 5th, 2006 at 11:26 am said:

well the beautiful part is that it leaves you a lot of flexibility. You could stack them up with a little spaces in between each one, and then put the fan vertically next to the stack.

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chris@lohroff.com on February 5th, 2006 at 7:22 pm said:

“an expensive hard drive enclosure?” Are you kidding? They can routinely be found for

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chriszuma on February 5th, 2006 at 7:35 pm said:

I was talking relatively. One with a fan and not-stupid-looking status lights costs more than $20.

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jpollard on February 6th, 2006 at 12:02 pm said:

Is anyone else having trouble with the link?

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chriszuma on February 6th, 2006 at 12:38 pm said:

you might have trouble with the link because it is routed through the NYU Coral so that my friend’s server doesn’t catch fire and burn his house down. Since traffic has settled down a bit, you can go directly to the page at:
http://zuma.phire.org/index.php?page=worklogs/exclosure

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jeff on December 27th, 2007 at 4:12 pm said:

Hey, first place I found off of google search… need help in making the Maxxtor external drive virtual if it can be done? Where can I go to find this info?? Im not a dumby but I am not versed in this very well. Just a nudge in the right direction would be much appreciated.
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