Hardrive Temperature Problems

[catmandoza]

Using Everest, My harddrive is recored to be running at 122 degrees Centigrade. Now I don't know the correct temp for the harddrive but I am thinking that 122 degrees is a wee bit hot. Any idea how to cool the bugger??

[Waste]

Yea, that is a bit hot.

Mine usually run at about 28-35 Degrees Celcius.

 

Best thing to do is open your case and make sure there is nothing obstructing airflow to the hardrives.

Once you make sure nothing is blocking the airflow and the temps are still high, your best bet would be to buy a harddrive cooling unit.

 

Something like this will do fine.

[catmandoza]

cheers, looks like im buying a cooling unit.

[andibomb]

Are you sure you mean Centigrade and not Fahrenheit? Because 122 is over twice the manufacturers maximum recommended operating temperature of between 55-60 C.

 

I don't think that can be right. You can get cheap temperature sensors and units which will tell you a very reliable reading and they may be worth looking into.

 

If you get a HD cooler, let us know if the temp seems to go down to a good enough level or not.

[Wolf68k]

I have to agree, something isn't right in that reading.

122F = 50C which is normal, but 122C = 251.6F which means that unit would failed because it was on fire.

[catmandoza]

I'm not kidding, It said 122C. Wether its a faulty reading I know not.

[Wheelman]

I'm not kidding, It said 122C. Wether its a faulty reading I know not.

I think it's safe to say it's a faulty reading. If it was 122°C, you'd have a heat haze bubbling out of all gaps in the case.

[Wolf68k]

Try this and see what it says; HD Tune

If it's still reading as 122C, talk to maker of the drive and let them know

 

 

BTW, let's assume for a second it really is 50C/122F and 122C/251.6F, that's still high for a HDD right on the razor's edge of being bad enough to start shorting the life of the drive.

[Hell No..]

Thanks for the HD Tune. Ive always wanted to know the temperature. Its running at 35C here.

[catmandoza]

It says current Temp 50 degrees c but at the top of the window in bold has 130 degrees C??

Edited September 11, 2005 by catmandoza

[Wolf68k]

Where in HDTune does it say 50C?

[catmandoza]

 

Where in HDTune does it say 50C?

Under health tab, current coloumn. 50 degs. but at the top of the window it sez 133

 

133 is also the temp that gets displayed in my toolbox.

[the_travis_s]

I'm sure it's reading it wrong.

 

Like has been said, if it was REALLY running at that temp... well... it wouldn't be running.

[Devyl]

Interesting, because I get the exact opposite. I ran that and I got 33C current temps and in the healt tab, mine says 166C. Sounds like the temp monitor is screwey. Try this... Open your case after you JUST shut your pc off, and feel your hdd, if it's REALLY 122C, you should smell cooking flesh

[Wolf68k]

@Devyl

You're getting odd readings too? In that case....

 

@Devyl and catmandoza

What is the make and model of the HDD that is reading like this? And don't just say something like "Western Digital 160GB" because there is something more to a model than that.

Both Everest and HD Tune should be able to read what the model number is....although since the temp sensor seems to be reading wrong that doesn't mane the model reading is reading any better.

[Devyl]

Everything you wanted to know about my hard drives on my daily P.C. (generated by Sandra):

 

1: Hitachi Deskstar 160 gig SATA:

 

(HD Tune reports: 32C, HD Tune health reports: 177C)

 

General Information

Class : Fixed

Total Size : 153GB

Free Space : 115GB, 75%

 

Volume Information

File System : NTFS

Serial Number : DC65-52BD

 

Volume Properties

Maximum Filename Length : 255 chr

Volume is Compressed : No

Volume is Read-Only : No

Case Sensitive Names : Yes

Preserves Filename Case : Yes

Unicode Filenames : Yes

Access Control Lists : Yes

Named Streams : Yes

Object Identifiers : Yes

Reparse Points : Yes

Sparse Files : Yes

User Disk Quotas : Yes

Folder/File Compression : Yes

Folder/File Encryption : Yes

 

Logical Drive

Sectors per Cluster : 8

Bytes Per Sector : 512 byte(s)

Cluster Size : 4kB

Total Clusters : 40206670

Free Clusters : 30133736

 

Physical Disk

Cylinders : 20023

Heads : 255

Sectors per Track : 63

Bytes Per Sector : 512 byte(s)

 

Drive Statistics

Number of Files : 67348

Number of Folders : 4313

Space Used : 31GB

Space Allocated : 31GB (0% Slack)

 

 

2: Hitachi Deskstar 80 gig ATA-133:

 

(HD Tune reports 32C, HD Tune health reports 166C)

 

General Information

Class : Fixed

Total Size : 86GB

Free Space : 42GB, 48%

 

Volume Information

File System : NTFS

Serial Number : DC5C-5D2C

 

Volume Properties

Maximum Filename Length : 255 chr

Volume is Compressed : No

Volume is Read-Only : No

Case Sensitive Names : Yes

Preserves Filename Case : Yes

Unicode Filenames : Yes

Access Control Lists : Yes

Named Streams : Yes

Object Identifiers : Yes

Reparse Points : Yes

Sparse Files : Yes

User Disk Quotas : Yes

Folder/File Compression : Yes

Folder/File Encryption : Yes

 

Logical Drive

Sectors per Cluster : 8

Bytes Per Sector : 512 byte(s)

Cluster Size : 4kB

Total Clusters : 22615495

Free Clusters : 10946683

 

Physical Disk

Cylinders : 11263

Heads : 255

Sectors per Track : 63

Bytes Per Sector : 512 byte(s)

 

Drive Statistics

Number of Files : 7970

Number of Folders : 592

Space Used : 44GB

Space Allocated : 44GB (0% Slack)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I KNOW my hdd's aren't that hot as there isn't a pool of molten steel on my floor