Mmm, I wouldn't risk poking around with this.
Hard drives don't need fans as such.
Example - I recently bought a Western Digital My Book external HD. It doesn't have any fans or cooling. WD designed it with ventilation holes - but it is a normal HD inside the plastic housing.
So, based on WD's expertise, I would just say to him to make sure there is ventilation - Ie, heat can escape from within this unit he is putting the HD in.
Don't bother slowing the HD down.
Hard drives don't need fans as such.
Example - I recently bought a Western Digital My Book external HD. It doesn't have any fans or cooling. WD designed it with ventilation holes - but it is a normal HD inside the plastic housing.
So, based on WD's expertise, I would just say to him to make sure there is ventilation - Ie, heat can escape from within this unit he is putting the HD in.
Don't bother slowing the HD down.