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    HD0 Overheating? P6860FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by SupaSnipaX, May 9, 2008.

  1. SupaSnipaX

    SupaSnipaX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay, I dont know if I should be using another program, but I'm using SpeedFan to check my comp temp. It's showing everything fine except HD0 is at 58Degrees Celsius ( flame by it ). Is this normal? what should it be at? What should I do? Is HD0 Hard Drive?
     
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    SpeedFan is not 100% accurate and the flame symbol is 100% inaccurate (all it's actually doing is putting a flame symbol there when the temp reaches a certain user-defined temperature). 58 degrees is fine for a HDD.
     
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  3. SupaSnipaX

    SupaSnipaX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, any recommendations on a program to use.
     
    SupaSnipaX, May 9, 2008
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    irata Notebook Consultant

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    HWMonitor is nice
     
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    I use NHC to monitor all temps.Also riva tuner too.
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    It is? I have asked this question several times in the past. WD states 60C max for the drive, Hitachi states 55C max. 58C is a bit warm, no?

    Why do these drives, when pushed, hit 55+C in the P68xx notebooks? There have been suggestions that there is a hot component near the drives that keep the drives hot under heavy use. My no use idle temps hang around 42C - 48C in a 23C room.

    People using RAID lose the temperature monitoring function, afaik. Everest and HDTune agree on temp readings.
     
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    cyclist14 Notebook Consultant

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    Right now my HDD's are running at 33 and 35 Celsius but after gaming or defragging the temps can get as high as 55-60 Celsius
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Laptop has been running 3 hours with some 40G of file transfers; Everest shows 46 and 41C between both internal drives. Room is 23C, when doing huge file transfers, I kick the ceiling fan on which does a fine job keeping air circulating around laptop.
     
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    jester1x Notebook Geek

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    No offense, but that's way too hot for a harddrive. The drive my OS resides on is usually around 42C. I bought another WD 250GB (same model as the oem drive) and the temps for that drive usually hover around 45C. These are idle temps.

    The highest I've seen temps rise (on both drives) is around 51C. This is usually when I'm defragging. I actually bought a Seagate 250GB, but took it back because it idled at 51C. After doing some defragging, it rose to approximately 57C. I exchanged it for the Western Digital harddrive after monitoring temps for one day.

    A prolonged temperature higher than 48C (when idling) scares me.

    I think the difference is minimal to maybe none, but I have a P-6831FX.
     
    jester1x, May 14, 2008
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