Connecting WD My Book through ESATA vs. USB

Whoah! Made a small mod to the Nox Sirocco notebook cooler and now the
temperature of the My Book Essential Edition external hard drive is down
to *28ºC*! That's even less than most of my internal hard drives!

The following is a picture of the cooler (hope you can see it,
otherwise the URL is 'HERE'
(http://www.f13pc.pt/imagens/produtos...IROCCO2.jpg)):

[image: http://www.f13pc.pt/imagens/produtos/NOX_SIROCCO2.jpg]

This thing has three 70mm fans (see picture of the bottom of the unit
'HERE' (http://tinyurl.com/d8jhp6) to understand better) enclosed in an
hermetic structure, which forces the air to come out through the grill
at the top.

What I did was to set the fans on max speed and tape shut all the grill
holes around the two My Books, forcing the air to exit via the actual
drives. I also placed a small flat object below the front of the cooler
in order to turn it into a fully horizontal surface. This result has
surpassed my best expectations!

If your external drives have passive cooling and are running way too
hot, this is one possible solution. I guess it will work with any
similar cheap coolers, provided the fans produce enough airflow.