Some may not pay much attention to hard disk cooling but it's always good to keep temperature down as to prolong the hard disk lifespend.
I have done this mod in a rush, but will like to share it with you
Remember to wear safety goggles and gloves when you are handling tools. It helps to prevent unnecessary injuries. If you are not confident or not adult enough to handle tools.
Kindly consult adults or experience tool user and please be really CAREFUL and ALERT
when you are doing this as you are dealing with electrical stuff. This involves a fair bit of risk on an untrained user especially when it comes to mod on electrical current.
I will not hold any responsibilities for any injuries or damage done.
BLUE PRINT
Kindly understand the diagram below before you proceed to mod.
Tools & Material needed, A soldering iron and bits, 3 x 40mm fans, a pair of scissors, chain lock, cable tie, 5 1/4" mesh bay faceplate, lose wires and 1 3pin fan connector with pins.
I have physically move the hard disk from the HDD Cage at the bottom to the 5 1/4" bay using converters to hold the hard disk.
I notice the temperature increase on my hard disk from 35 degrees to 37 degrees.
Intending to place some intake fans, I must first figure how to make ventilation holes on my 5 1/4" bay face plate.
I took some face plate which are not in use from a Asus Vento TA-M1 casing.
Replacing the original face plate with these mesh plates. Seems to fit nicely.
Going to place a intake fan in front of my hard disk, therefore need to do some measurements. Seems like the overall depth is at 0.23mm
Measuring the space that holds the 5 1/4" mesh face plate, it takes up 0.12mm in depth.
measuring the 40mm fan depth, it's at 0.10mm, seems like it will fit nicely with only 0.01mm gab between the fan and the 5 1/4" mesh face plate.
This is how it will look like. I've skip the detail part on how to solder and bond the fans together. If you do not know how to, the method apply is similar to how I mod a ram coolers
Using chain lock to sling the whole unit in front of my hard disk.
The final product, now my hard disk temperature is constantly between 31 to 33 degrees.
