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muskrat's data eng expert's hard drive overheats while processing 60k rows (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I have a 12v fan running at 5v spitting air on my hdds, and that's enough for them to go from 55°C to 29°C, lol.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I did that too, the tiny fan is pretty much silent at 5V. The HDD has so much surface area it only needs a little air circulation.