Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral,
cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to
cool the disk while at it. All that's asked of the enclosure is
to prevent accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
I've been trying to think up a homebrew scheme but nothing clever
comes to mind.
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska
Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral, cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to cool the
disk while at it. All that's asked of the enclosure is to prevent
accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
I've been trying to think up a homebrew scheme but nothing clever comes
to mind.
Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral,
cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to
cool the disk while at it.
All that's asked of the enclosure is
to prevent accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
I've been trying to think up a homebrew scheme but nothing clever
comes to mind.
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska
Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral,
cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to
cool the disk while at it. All that's asked of the enclosure is
to prevent accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
In message <rhuar6$g35$1@dont-email.me>, bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> writes
Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral,
cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to
cool the disk while at it. All that's asked of the enclosure is
to prevent accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
Have you thought of a 3D printed case ? There might be something
suitable on thingiverse.com.
e.g. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3878491
If you don't have a printer, you might know someone who has.
im not sure where you are located, but i have this [1] in use with my RaspberryPi
best regards
Juergen
[1] https://electronics.semaf.at/Pi-Desktop-fuer-Raspberry-Pi
Am 23.08.20 um 20:00 schrieb bob prohaska:
Does anybody know of a fan-cooled enclosure for a Pi4 that includes
space for a 2.5 inch hard drive? The wiring needn't be integral,
cables sticking out from a standard usb-serial adapter are fine.
It's pretty clear that a Pi4 needs cooling, it wouldn't hurt to
cool the disk while at it. All that's asked of the enclosure is
to prevent accidental electrical contact and direct air flow.
I've been trying to think up a homebrew scheme but nothing clever
comes to mind.
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska
Juergen Bruckner
aka microangelo
microangelo@microangelo.priv.at
That's getting kind of elaborate, I was hoping for something along
the lines of a repurposed Tupperware container 8-) I'm hoping to
keep the case cheap compared to the Pi and other parts.
It's true that a big passive heatsink avoids a fan, but from what I've
seen a 2.5" disk gets warm when it's busy, with no passive heat sink >practical. Seems simpler to just use the fan to cool both.
Well, maybe not quite that crude. But, a small food stoarge container
with spacers to support the disk and Pi and a few holes for cable access might come close to what's needed. A fan mounted on a hole in the box
with vents to guide air across the Pi and disk complete the package.
One of the harder problems seems to be making it assemble-able.
It's true that a big passive heatsink avoids a fan, but from what I've
seen a 2.5" disk gets warm when it's busy,
It's true that a big passive heatsink avoids a fan, but from what I've
seen a 2.5" disk gets warm when it's busy,
My experience is only with 2.5in spinners, but I've run "silent" systems
for nearly 20 years, no fans, and 2.5in disks 'cos the slower ones are quieter and use less energy. Never ever had a problem with them
overheating.
As a general question to folks out there - do SSD's overheat? I'm going
to be changing some disks to SSD's soon - probably not very large ones.
On 24/08/2020 17:34, Jim Jackson wrote:
It's true that a big passive heatsink avoids a fan, but from what I've
seen a 2.5" disk gets warm when it's busy,
My experience is only with 2.5in spinners, but I've run "silent" systems
for nearly 20 years, no fans, and 2.5in disks 'cos the slower ones are
quieter and use less energy. Never ever had a problem with them
overheating.
The slower ones are designed for laptops, and are generally located in
an area which does not benefit from any active cooling.
As a general question to folks out there - do SSD's overheat? I'm going
to be changing some disks to SSD's soon - probably not very large ones.
They can certainly get warm under heavy use, but I've never had one
which has exceeded its limits in smart data. When idle they take next to
no power unlike normal HDs, so unless you are continually thrashing it,
it wont be a problem.
Nice try, but that case is only suitable for the Pi's 1B+, 2B, 3B and 3B+, not for the Pi 1B or 4B models, as many connections are changed.
On 24/08/2020 17:34, Jim Jackson wrote:
As a general question to folks out there - do SSD's overheat? I'm going
to be changing some disks to SSD's soon - probably not very large ones.
They can certainly get warm under heavy use, but I've never had one
which has exceeded its limits in smart data. When idle they take next to
no power unlike normal HDs, so unless you are continually thrashing it,
it wont be a problem.
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