Does this unit have passive or active (has fan) cooling?
931533
Sorry, but I have no idea. The unit is SILENT running. No heat issues. Hope this helps.
931534
During the short period that I had the drive before returning it, I did not notice any active cooling system. The drive did appear to be adequately ventilated but I was not in a position to evaluate this under stress situations.
931535
I don't know, but my Thunderbolt version effectively has no fan noise at all and the drive in it's black enclosure is much much quieter than the duel-disk 8TB Hitachi G-Raid w/fan sitting just next to the Seagate on the same desk. I cannot hear the Seagate spinning, in fact.
642923
Shame on you for poor product knowledge, Sam Ash.... This unit DOES indeed have a cooling fan, and although it's not terribly loud, it's far from quiet. Not for use in a recording situation...
1613904
No cooling fans whatsoever- the case is perforated and comes with self-tapping screws to mount the unit on a wall or cabinet/desk.
1903217
It has a thermo fan, the fan is only activated when it needs to cool the inverter. Most applications will not trigger the fan, which makes it extremely quiet.
1804078
I'm not sure I understand the question, but the unit does come with two (2) ultra quiet fans that can be adjusted to be either next to each other as seen on the picture or at a 90 degree angle. I personally have it at that angle to maximize cooling on a LSI raid controller to stay at 50 c; without the fans turned on, the controller heats up to 105 c. So the unit is highly effective and ultra quiet.
414157
I'm not sure what the power consumption is. I don't think there is a fan. I can feel the vibration of the disk spinning but it is so quite I don't think there is a fan. Cool to the touch so no heat issues. Much quieter than external HD I've had. It just is there running in the background... not noticeable at all
200722
It's has a fan turbo mode. And I also habe a small USB fan that I sit behind it as an exhaust. But no troubles with heat
362986
It is quite silent. It's noise really doesn't bother. The cooling is not great. Sometimes the bottom part is colder than the top despite it's programmed otherwise.
1950862
It does come with a fan. The processor installs into a motherboard, and above it the cooling unit will install above it. I have this processor and can confirm the attached fan is sufficient for keeping the processor cool.
486621
Yep! The unit has two discrete buttons for light and cooling. So you can have fans and lights, just fans, or just lights (Although why you'd do the last of these three options is a mystery to me! ;D).
1078898
The card I received is passively cooled with a heatsink, so there is no fan.
2022065
It comes with a very small fan which you can attach to the heatsink but it virtually doesn't need a fan. It idles about 39c and I have yet to see it get over 48c under a normal load
881685
Unit is quiet. No fan noise is noticable. We have been satisfied with its performance to date. Have had for about 4 months
749197
It has a single fan in the back that pulls air through the sides. I don't know what you mean by "automatic cooling," but after ten hours of editing, I can open the unit to swap drives and the drives are cool to the touch.
1169011
Hi, This is an evaporative cooler; it has a built in circulating fan and pump. It cools by blowing room air over pads that evaporate the water into the air thus cooling the pads and the air flowing over them. The higher the humidity the less effective the unit is. It's better than nothing but I probably wouldn't buy it again. Regards, Merle
1409600
It is fan cooled. The fans only turn on when needed, so when the temperature hits a certain amount. If you are playing music through these speakers you will not hear the fans. If you aren't they probably won't be on because the temperature won't be hot. Heat sunk cooling systems have no moving parts, it is just a piece of metal. They do not cool as well as a fan.
607936
No Fan. A fan is not required. The hard drive protrudes above the unit and is air cooled.