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    Samsung EVO 840 250GB mSATA SSD Running Hot

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dot511, Jul 3, 2014.

  1. dot511

    dot511 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just recently purchased my laptop, a Sager NP8268-S/Clevo P150sm-a, and installed a 250GB Samsung 840 EVO mSATA drive and am currently using it as my boot drive. I've been monitoring the temperatures of the drive, and I am worried about the temperatures that are being reported. Currently, it idles at around 60 o, and when installing programs, has reached up to 65 (the readings were taken with HWmonitor). I was wondering if the high temperatures are a common thing with Samsung mSATA drives, or if mine is just faulty.
    Here's a picture of the hardware layout of the laptop. I installed the mSATA drive that is visible in this picture (not in the mSATA slot under the HDD).
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    Any input would be appreciated.
     
    dot511, Jul 3, 2014
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    It might be normal for that model - http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...h-storage/753418-samsung-evo-msata-temps.html
     
    alexhawker, Jul 3, 2014
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    If you can get ahold of a laser thermometer, take an actual measurement of the surface temp of the chip and see if it's anywhere near that 65C just as a sanity check to see if it's not a misreading. And at 65C it should be quite hot to the touch (~150F). But I've found many of these later models of SSD's run hotter than what we're used to seeing.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 5, 2014
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  4. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Location in the computer is the primary factor causing relatively high SSD temperatures.

    I've just run Crystal DiskMark on the 1TB EVO mSATA in my Samsung NP900X4C ultrabook and the SSD temperature, according to HWiNFO, rose from 36C to 49C during the test. In comparison, the CPU temperature increased from 54C to 71C.

    The SSD is located on the opposite side of the cooling from from the CPU so the only heat that affects it is what it generates itself.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 6, 2014
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