I have seen a device that would just do it for you. It is a
frame that fits into 5.25" bay, has mounting brackets for a
3.5" drive and has 2 small fans at front that blow air from outside
on the drive. As I understood, this is what you need.
  I don't remember the address/phone, but I remember that I saw
it in PC Magazine, in Classified Ads section. If you can't lay your
hands on PCMag, mail me and I'll look the ad up.

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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On Wed, 5 May 1999, Changhsu P. Liu wrote:

> Greetings,
> Thank you all for the clarification of HD size issues. Here is another
> question on HD.
> The 10,000rpm IBM drive I bought recently is so hot that I cannot touching
> it for more than 5 seconds. My 3.5" bay is kind of full with 3 drives in
> it. Since the new drive requires more space for ventilation, I'm thinking
> about the possibility of moving it to 5.25" bay which has only one CD
> drive. I'm also looking for a fan to cool it down. Will the cooling fan
> work if I move it to 5.25" bay?
>
> Is there such a bracket? Or, maybe there is a way to create a simple one by
> yourself?
>
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
>
> Changhsu Liu
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