Ours works great but keep it cool.
Tom
REPLY
Another worthwhile modification is to exchange the regular drive with
one from a laptop. These drives have additional shock mounting to cope
with the movement inherent in laptops.
Something probably overlooked by everyone is the gyroscope effect of the
spinning hard drive. In vessels that are constantly pitching, heaving
and rolling, the gyroscpe precession forces acting on the spinning hard
drive will accelerate bearing wear. Laptop drives are smaller hence have
lesser forces acting on it and by design are more rugged than desk top
models.
In fact laptop drives are so small you can probably install two drive
in the one bay and use the mirror drive approach for back up.
That's my next mod on my shuttle as soon as I get some spare cash.
<grin>
Arild
-----Original Message-----
From: trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com
[mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of
Tom
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:56 AM
To: TWL
We opted for a Shuttle Box about an year ago to replace an aging
laptop. Unwisely I elected to mount it under the chart table and in an
area of poor ventilation. Had a problem w/ the power supply
>> snip<<<
Ours works great but keep it cool.
Tom
REPLY
Another worthwhile modification is to exchange the regular drive with
one from a laptop. These drives have additional shock mounting to cope
with the movement inherent in laptops.
Something probably overlooked by everyone is the gyroscope effect of the
spinning hard drive. In vessels that are constantly pitching, heaving
and rolling, the gyroscpe precession forces acting on the spinning hard
drive will accelerate bearing wear. Laptop drives are smaller hence have
lesser forces acting on it and by design are more rugged than desk top
models.
In fact laptop drives are so small you can probably install two drive
in the one bay and use the mirror drive approach for back up.
That's my next mod on my shuttle as soon as I get some spare cash.
<grin>
Arild
