Fan for Solo4k

[roddiss]

My Solo4k harddrive gets hot and makes the box freeze. Is there a cooling fan that would fit? I do not understand why they stopped using fans in the Vu+

 

[Matrix10]

My Solo4k harddrive gets hot and makes the box freeze. Is there a cooling fan that would fit? I do not understand why they stopped using fans in the Vu+

Maybe your HDD is no longer good
and consumes a large current.

 

[AlexWilMac]

I'd also recommend a "green" HDD, like WD green, that is good under this aspect (energy consumption and temperature) because it's got a variable range in RPM.

 

[Matrix10]

I had one HDD that worked fine at first glance
but when it comes to flash image.
I had to remove HDD and sometimes I hear weird sounds from HDD.
After replacing HDD all normal.

 

[Gold_66]

sometimes I hear weird sounds from HDD

All I'll say about this is: SSD
No weird sounds, no heating at all, plus lightning speed!
Once you go SSD, you'll be like this to HDD:

 

[Matrix10]

All I'll say about this is: SSD
No weird sounds, no heating at all, plus lightning speed!
Once you go SSD, you'll be like this to HDD:

And what do I do with the HDDs I've thrown out of my computers?

 

[Gold_66]

How about this?

 

[roddiss]

I have tried another one, it also freezes, the temp is around 55 celsius. I have read that ssd wears out faster?

 

[Gold_66]

I have read that ssd wears out faster?

I have no idea what they mean by 'faster', I'm using a 128 GB SSD with my Solo 4K since day one and it's been 2,5 years now, without a single issue.
You must try it to believe it - it's so fast as if it's always working but you never hear anything, and since there's no spinning mechanism in it, heat problems are out of question.

 

[AlexWilMac]

Well, I've been using SSDs for some years now in every computers I've got and in my Solo4k as well and I can tell you they also get hot. My suspect is that, if @reddiss changed the HDD and the system freezes the same, is not because of the HDD but is the MB responsible. Anyway, I don't think is impossible to add a fan to the box but I haven't tried that, yet.

 

[roddiss]

I added an internal cooling fan to my DB 8000 many years ago, they had huge heat issues that slowed the system down. I ordered an external AC Infinity Aircom S6 fan system now, so will see if it helps.