Holy moses! I never knew how hot my comp was until I just recently downloaded a program to monitor temps. After formatting my comp a while ago there are 3 drivers that are missing. I dont know what they are or what they do, but I think one of them might control fans... I have a Dell E1505. IDK im sick and tired right now so this post might not make much sense... sorry...
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Don't worry, those were on my friend's E1505 and it worked fine.
http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
The program at that link allows you to control the fan, which should help a bit. -
ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer
58c doesnt sound too hot to me.
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hdd's max accepted limit is 55C
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ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer
hmm guess my cpu tems and things have me thinking on a different scale. I dont even know what my hdd temps are in my notebook.
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hmmm well my seagates had 55C in the manufacturer spec and yeah it does differ but that should be a good midpoint for every drive
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Cooler is always better, Seagate Momentus 5400.3 7200.2 60c http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_momentus_5400.pdf
I do think HDD specs need to be found running a 55c at 58c will fry it out b/4 it's time. -
yeah wat i meant was a good midpoint for figuring out its max temp
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
HDD temperature is influenced by both the HDD make / type (see the Tom's Hardware 2.5" HDD charts for power consumption) and the design of the notebook. I once had a Dell I8000 in which the HDD was almost on top of the CPU. The HDD temperature regularly went over 60C. The Asus W3 series also likes to keep its HDD on the warm side of comfortable.
I would get worried by sustained HDD operation at close to the recommended limit. If you have one of the more power-hungry HDDs then you may want to plan a replacement by something more efficient within a year in case the HDD starts to suffer from the heat.
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The MTBF of a hard drive is HALVED when running at 50C vs. 40C. Once you get well above 50C, you're in hard-drive-killing territory.
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its a fujitsu.
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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator
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What Fujitsu do you have? Model # and size speed.
HDD at 58 C while gaming!!
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