On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 00:07 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > CD/DVD drives are largely poorly designed because they have a door > that's not air tight, and numerous air gaps around the inside of the > case. Fans sucking air into the case, and around the components pull > in dust as well, something that doesn't get along very well with > lasers and sensors, so they fail frequently. That's yet another reason why I like computer cases with two fans, one at the front forcing air into the cabinet, and the exhaust at the back. You get far less crap sucked into the drives, that way. It's obvious, when you think of it, and opening up systems done either way that have been sitting next to its other proved the point. The insides of Zip, floppy, and CD/DVD drives had fluff in their works, which gunks up the mechanics as well as the heads. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.22.1-41.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
