[X4U] OT: using old tower Mac as a Firewire case?

Michael Elliott michaelelliott at mac.com
Mon Dec 11 15:44:13 PST 2006


I assume as much , as well.  That's why I was hoping that something  
BIG with a big fan/lots of air movement might have been a step up.

Maybe I need to wait 10 years until I can get water-cooled G5 towers  
on eBay for under US$30 :-)

Michael


On Dec 11, 2006, at 3:36 AM, Philip J Robar wrote:

>> But I've been down that road..SEVERAL times.  I've had 3 external  
>> cases (not the drives) fail.
>
> I'd say you've had really bad luck. There's not much that can go  
> wrong with an external case. It's just a small bridge board and a  
> power supply. I wonder if heat related problems might have been the  
> root cause?

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