I knew someone would pick holes in this. The HDD just doesn’t get hot. Heat sink to spreader, thermal paste and touch of superglue on the edge to hold. It works for me…
I've had an HDR-Fox T2 for several years now. When I bought it on eBay it had hardly been used. I changed and moved the hard drive to a 2.5" unit and it is now on the right hand side. The hard drive casing has been removed and a new fan/heat sink has been mounted on the original heatsink and is...
Thirty plus years ago I was working for Steinway and tuned a piano at a Thursford show (not Christmas but a late summer event) for Russ Conway, delightful man.
Just for the record I have a 2000T with no fan and replaced the hard drive with a 2.5 WD WD5000LUCT 500GB drive (5400rpm). I have checked the internal temperatures. Heat sink 51C, hard drive 36C. Ambient temperature 22C. These measurements taken when the unit was recording and playing back at...
Manufacturer’s description:
24x7 reliability - These drives are designed to last in always-on streaming digital audio/video environments such as DVR/PVR, digital video surveillance and other demanding multimedia applications
I put a WD Blue WD5000LUCT in my 2000T. 2.5 inch 5400rpm. Works perfectly and silent. No fan in this unit but runs very cool and only draws 9 watts. I was going to get a secondhand Fox T2 but this does what I need.
I knew someone would pick holes in this. The HDD just doesn’t get hot. Heat sink to spreader, thermal paste and touch of superglue on the edge to hold. It works for me…
I've had an HDR-Fox T2 for several years now. When I bought it on eBay it had hardly been used. I changed and moved the hard drive to a 2.5" unit and it is now on the right hand side. The hard drive casing has been removed and a new fan/heat sink has been mounted on the original heatsink and is...
Thirty plus years ago I was working for Steinway and tuned a piano at a Thursford show (not Christmas but a late summer event) for Russ Conway, delightful man.
Just for the record I have a 2000T with no fan and replaced the hard drive with a 2.5 WD WD5000LUCT 500GB drive (5400rpm). I have checked the internal temperatures. Heat sink 51C, hard drive 36C. Ambient temperature 22C. These measurements taken when the unit was recording and playing back at...
Manufacturer’s description:
24x7 reliability - These drives are designed to last in always-on streaming digital audio/video environments such as DVR/PVR, digital video surveillance and other demanding multimedia applications
I put a WD Blue WD5000LUCT in my 2000T. 2.5 inch 5400rpm. Works perfectly and silent. No fan in this unit but runs very cool and only draws 9 watts. I was going to get a secondhand Fox T2 but this does what I need.
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