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    51 Degrees Celcius To Hot for a Hard Drive ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dman535, Sep 25, 2007.

  1. dman535

    dman535 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My D600 has been acting up. I know these run hot as is. Hard drive temperature is 49-51 degrees. Is this to hot ? Do I have a bad drive ?

    Thanks

    Derek.-
     
    dman535, Sep 25, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    51C is on the warm side, but not too hot. Most of the 2.5" HDDs have a maximum rated operating temperature of 55C.

    Where is the HDD in the D600 located? Is it close to the CPU? This will make it a bit hotter (I once had an Inspiron 8000 where the HDD was over the CPU and regularly went over 60C. In those days people blamed false reporting of the SMART data (the system was new then) but when I moved the same HDD to another notebook its temperature dropped by nearly 20C.

    If you are worried about the HDD's health then go to the HDD maker's website and download and run their diagnostic software.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 25, 2007
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    While that is on the warm side, heat alone is not the enemy of hard drives. There was a study done last year on the killers of these drives, and heat wasn't one on the major ones. At least not in the first few years of the drive's life. After 3 or 4 years, heat became a much bigger problem, but not on relative new drives.

    Mine regularly runs in the mid 50s for a year now, so far so good. And it is right next to the cpu.
     
    adinu, Sep 25, 2007
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