Hi all

I am building a panel for a digitizer conversion

Do I have to place the drives on a heat sink or can I just bolt them to the chassis plate of the panel and then have a fan blowing cool air over them ?

Thanks

Flash Gordon

Flash,
     I looked on E-Bay, and found inexpensive ($10 each) Pentium/AMD CPU heat sink/fan assemblies.  They keep the Geckos nice and cool, and take up very little space.

Regards,
Ray L.

Hi Ray

Thanks for the reply. E-bay is out for me as I live in South Africa and as far as I know Paypal does not accept our credit cards something to do with fraud.
I already have a 220v electrical cabinet fan. Would this be enough to keep the drives cool.

Regards

Scott

Should be fine bolted to the chasis.  The G202 that I have on my mill just fix to a plate on the side of my computer, no fans but then again Scotland is not exactly known for its heatwaves

Hood

FLASH GORDON,
Adding some heat transfer material before you mount the drives to a plate will help take away heat. Can buy from any electronics source or even a small tube from Radio shack will do if there is one around you neck of the woods.
RICH

Hi Ray

Thanks for the reply. E-bay is out for me as I live in South Africa and as far as I know Paypal does not accept our credit cards something to do with fraud.
I already have a 220v electrical cabinet fan. Would this be enough to keep the drives cool.

Regards

Scott

I ran mine for several weeks with the Geckos bolted to a 3/8" thick aluminum plate.  No forced airflow at all.  They were quite happy like that.  So, bolted to your case, with some airflow, I suspect you'll be just fine.  Get some silicone heat-sink grease, and coat the bottom of the Gecko, so it has good heat transfer to the case.

Regards,
Ray L.

Hey HOOD,
Just curious....what is this board ?
Thanks,
RC

I-Pac keyboard emulator.

Hood

Thanks Hood,
RC