HD temps normal? (60gig hitachi 7200rpm)

Is it a signifigant problem if my hd continues to go over the 55c barrier? It is annoying that it gets up that high frequently, but is there any acutual damage / lowering of life time of the HDD because of this? My hd usually peaks at around 57-58, though it takes a while for it to get there if im not doing anything heavy. Though when doing benchmarks / tests it goes up much faster... average is about 43-50c.

What are the temp readings others are getting off the hitachi 60gig 7200rpm drive? What are ppl with 80gig 5400rpm getting for temps?

 

My 100gb Seagate 5400rpm 8mb cache hard drive is always within a couple deg of 40 deg C.

 

NO afaik ,

I got 2 7k60 one is usually 35c and the other 38c , so I think it depends on the notebook itself since before I had a 4200 20GB and that one would reach 50c underload .

Point is they often are under 40c and never over 50c not even when gaming in my lap .

1. Check if you havn't messed something in the Hitachi control utility if you used it .
2. If you can switch the HD to another laptop or even an external case and see how it reads there .

 

i agree. scottschaffter do you have a w3 series? From what I've read, they're notorious for horrible hard drive head dissipation. My z71v and m3np always stay around 40 or less. If you do own a w3 and are feeling adventurous, you could try cutting vent slits into your hard drive cover.

 

My Seagate 100GB 5400 RPM HDD is currently at 56°C, but the room temperature is 32°C. In a cooler room the HDD temperature drops by a corresponding amount.

The hottest my HDD has reached is 61°C, when I ran the full Seagate diagnostics! That was back in May, when ActiveSMART was forecasting that the HDD would expire before the end of the month.

The same Seagate HDD used to be in a Sony S series and ran much cooler because more air was sucked in over the HDD and then blown out by the CPU fan. I got an indication of the volume of the air flow when I removed the HDD and saw the amount of dirt on it!

Four years ago, I had similar hot HDD problems in a Dell Inspiron 8000. At that time people blamed the accuracy of the SMART data, but the real cause was poor ventilation and a position almost above the CPU.

Minor re-engineering of the W3 to improve the airflow into the HDD compartment and then get the air to the CPU is what is needed. Currently, my CPU normally runs about 5°C cooler than the HDD.

John

 

I have the z70v... the hd temp stays generally around 45ish and steadily climbs till it peaks at about 57... it gets there at about 7hrs of continuous use or more... it also gets up there faster if i am transfering files etc... but it takes a while for it to go down again... its not SO bad but I was just wondering if its a serious problem...

if it continues to get above 55 regularly will it harm the HD life? Would it be adviseable to switch to a 80 gb or 100gb with lower rpm if i can find a buyer for the hd? It would be nicer to have it cooler, in retrospect I think performance / heat / space you get with a 5400 might be better... i doubt the 4 sec dif (or something like that) really is a big deal... though others have said the 7200 shouldnt be that hot... so dunno what to do... is there anyway i could run a diagnostic or some program to see if there was some problem... would CHC do anything??... I doubt it...

 

When i leave my W3v to do heavy defrag over period of 2-3 hrs, it will peak at 56-57 degrees c. When i leave it overnight for downloading torrents with CHC on, it will peak at 51-52 degrees. Both temps are at room temp of 26 +- degrees c.

 

The Seagate 80gb 5400 in my Z70V has gotten up to 55, but it stayed there for about an hour without going higher until I was done using it heavily and it went down. But under normal circumstances, it will hover in the 45-50 range. Of course, that's in a fairly hot room.

 

sounds like my temps are good then... good news... any other ppl have any input... right now after bout 2hrs use or less hdd is at 45... not so bad but just kinda warm on the left palm rest... not anything really bad.. but you notice it... it started up after idle for bout 3hrs at 27c... but that changed rapildly... thanks for the response... its good to get the comparision... any one feel like running hd tack and comparing performance / heat? I ran it recently and got 93 mbps read times... need to run it again.... dont remember all the stats...