HDD overheating?

I've been thinking of buying a harddrive for my ps2 and I was just wondering if there's any danger of overheating? I've seen people making external cases for their harddrives to reduce any chances of overheating. Is this any real threat? Has people here used a PS2 with a harddrive for long periods at a time with no problems? Perhaps I'm a bit paranoid since I've already had my ps2 overheat already (even though that was because the fan wasn't working anymore).

Anyway, would nice to get some feedback regarding this. Thanks in advance.

-Remi

it really should not, concidering that ps2 were designed to have HDD. Just avoid playign for a logn time like 4hrs straight. Just look at PCs, mine has only a power supply fan and it runs a long time w/ heavy disc access.

i got 2 kids and they have friends over taking turns ,so its safe to say the ps2 has easily been on for 4 hrs or more with no probs. but if your paranoid dont let your worries get the best of yah.

Right, thanks for the information. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine then. Already ordered the network adapter and harddrive.

just think of how long your computer's hard drive is on for. my computer never goes off (well sometimes), and my linux server *NEVER* goes off.. well ok it does sometimes but usually not for a few weeks in a row! 2:12pm up 80 days, 41 min, 8 users, load average: 0.16, 0.04, 0.01

anyways, the point is, your hard drive will not over heat.

Exactly like Hyper said, my PC is on 24/7.

And on another point, the Sony HDD was meant for Final Fantasy XI, and that's not meant to be played for like 30mins. I played Arc The Lad for hours with my Maxtor, and I had no problems. But I thought the same thing, but it should be all good.

Just get a 5400 rpm 2mb cache drive ... it generates a lot less heat and make no difference between a 7200 in the ps2

yeah get a 5400rpm drive if youre that worried...

i used to run a 30gb 5400rpm drive before i upgraded to a 120gb 7200rpm.... my new 7200rpm is a bit hotter (but i dont really care).. and there is no noticeable performance benefit

the ps2 only operates at ata66 spec. maybe even ata33. so most if not all drives will operate at the same performance :)

i went ahead and just made an external enclosure out of plexiglass to be safe and so i could easily just unplug it and move it to my comp, i like it much better that way.... plus i was able to add two small fans and add power and hdd activity lights