SSD no temp reading - Any ideas?

I have owned a 120 GB Super Talent SSD for around 6 months replaced a hitachi 160GB drive. Speed is good and am happy but have never had a temp reading for it. I use CPUID temp program and have tried many others including speed fan and everest but still no luck. Am a little worried as a small burn mark seems to have appeared on the casing above the SSD but have seem no performance issues. Is this normal?

 

Well, first question is: are there really any tempsensors in Solid State Drives?

I don't think there is because there is no need to know the temps as they won't run noticeable hot anyways, and even if they did, they can tolerate much more heat than a HDD, so there is no need to know the temps for it

 

You have a point Michel! It does indeed say on the manual that operating temp is up to over 70 degrees..
lets hope it ain't hotter

 

Hehe, yeah you see Way over a normal HDD, but it aint gonna get that hot in the first case. You'd have to do much to get upto those temps i'd say, would be really hard to even try to get it that hot

But there is no need to worry anyways, SSD is made of chips and is nowhere like a mechanical harddrive

 

are you using an ide or ahci driver for your ssd? because ahci has problems with smart.

 

I found the patriot SSD to run quite hot in my laptop (about the same temp as my 7200rpm HDD - could of course also have been the laptop warming the SSD up).

But the argument that SSDs are cool because they have no moving parts is bollocks! (just look at your controller chips, the CPU or even RAM ...)

 

I agree my hitachi 5400 rpm sometimes hit 55 degrees but never left the burn mark. I reckon the SSD hits 60 easily at any time of use! Definitely not cooler than HDD but it can take heat while the hitachi would crawl once it reached 52 degrees or higher.

I don't know how to find out whether I am using ide or ahci driver for the drive or what they stand for sorry.

 

I did some research and apparently most SSDs run hotter than laptop HDDs.
Everything else is marketing hype.

 

Sure it may be bollocks

But the most important thing is that SSD can run at 60C celsius or higher without any problems, as it doesnt have any moving parts.

 

Not sure if that is a valid point if the SSD runs so hot that it destroys his laptop (vs a HDD that runs much cooler).

 

Speaking about temperatures...
Has anyone of you ever used a Sony Microvault (the really tiny flat ones) and written data onto them for some time?
They get hot... very hot...
Definitely hotter than a HDD...

 

I don't think it'll run that hot though. SSD's are mainly made for notebooks so, manufacturers most probably already thought of that.

And honestly i don't think anyone will end up destroying anything in their notebook with a healthy SSD.

 

Guys don't worry about it I am pretty sure it is superficial damage if there is any. I haven't had any drive related problems. Keep it cool!

 

It takes a lot of current for something to get so hot as to leave a burn mark. So much for SSD efficiency.

I couldn't stand for my HD to get that hot. I have warm hands as it is.