Seagate 7200.3 320GB Heat Problems

I recently upgraded to 320GB 7200RPM Segate harddisk. The tempratures are way too much. I am worried if this over heat can damage the harddisk itself.

The temps are
48 - 50 when idle
50 - 54 when doing light work
54 - 58 when doing heavy work like defragging or backup

are these temps normal for 320 7200RPM harddisk.

I have another 320 5400 segate secondary harddisk. Its temps are 10 degrees less than my 7200 always.

Should I replace my harddisk or these temps are the price iam paying for 7200 RPM and performance?

 

These temperatures are way too high. I think you should get it replaced.

The users in this thread don't go above 39 degrees C:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=301790

 

what laptop is this in?
I have the HItachi 7k320, and in my inspiron e1505 it barely ever runs more than 122F.
In my other machine with active harddrive cooling, the temperature never breaks 95F, even after antivirus scans.

You may want to disable background processes which are causing your drive to heat up. Your antivrus may be running in the background, causing the drive to continually be used, so maybe you want to check your AV settings.

K-TRON

 

I've never seen my 320gig 7200rpm seagate drive go above 37 with cooling pad and 40 without so you're temps are way too high.

 

Leave your notebook running in Safe Mode for an hour or so, and monitor the idle temps.

Try disabling Superfetch, WSearch (Indexing), Antivruses, and assign a fixed pagefile size (same initial and max size).

Also download these diagnostic tools (SeaTools) and examine the physical media. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools/

I've seen drives going over 65*C and running fine. Sometimes, HDDs have the thermal sensor screwed up.

 

Don't wanna' hijack too much, but I'm getting a 320 Gig WD drive in a couple days, to stack on top of my 120 Gig Seagate in my XPS. Do people see significant temp increases with both drives in the bay? (any links to threads on this subject appreciated)

 

Those temps, though they are within operating range, are too high. I'd be looking to get the drive replaced.

My Seagate 320gb 7200rpm drive maxes out at 41 degrees C.

 

I don't think those temps are too high. They run about that same temperatures in my macbook. I doubt replacing the drive will make any difference. The new one will run just as hot.

 

Having two drives in the system will cause drive temeratures to increase. That is because their is no active harddrive cooling in your notebook.
I have active cooling, and with one drive installed, the maximum temperature is about 6F cooler than when I have two drives installed. I have a 17.1 cfm PAPST cooling my harddrives, so in reality, that difference will be greater. Expect about a 15-20F ris in temperatures, from having two drives together in a small enclosure.

K-TRON

 

Seems a bit high. I find it funny that my stock HD 250 gig WD runs 5c higher at idle with a vent than my 2nd 320 gig WD HD with no vent. I've been thinking of upgrading to a 7200 rpm WD and using the stock drive to do backups with since I'm already paying for the heat of a 7200 rpm drive anyway. lol.

 

Those temps are really high, mine is usually around 37-39, max at 41.
what laptop do you have?

 

Mine is HP DV9548US. I tried putting my Primary HD in secondary bay and secondary bay in primary but my laptop did not boot. Is there any jumper settings needs to be changed.Both are SATA harddisks

 

It would be the setting in BIOS.
Well, HP is known to have not-so-good cooling system, I have to use an external cooler for mine.
try to return the HDD and get a new one, see if it works.

 

'ello.

I've got a 320GB Hitachi in my NP8660, and it usually runs at above 50 deg C. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

For what is worth ... just today I happen to call an External Enclosure company to see what is the Biggest size of Hard Drive that I can put in their 2.5" External USB. BTW, the case is all Aluminum constructed.

The comapny Tech told me to "Stay Away" from Seagate HDs since they do run Hotter.

G!

 

my 7K320 is running 29C right now, and my system has been on for over 2 days straight.
I have a laptop cooler, but even without it, my drive never breaks 50C, its usually around 38-42C

Is the cpu vent close to the harddrive in your laptop?
cause that could be partially why yours is running so hot.

K-TRON

 

Yeah right !!!

 

That seems way to high. Usually my Seagate 7.2K maxed out at 45 degrees Celsius.

 

I got my 7200.3 today, and hdtune says: 53 degrees celsius!

my laptop is a single drivebay asus G1s...

 

Not trying to disagree with anyone or cause any hard feelings, just wanna share what i know.

And it is that 50-55C shouldn't be a problem, or atleast it hasn't been for me since many years back. I was worried with temps around 55isch like 5years ago, but i never did do anything to reduce the temps, it was also a seagate HD.
The harddrive never failed me over the years anyways. On seagates homepage it says it should be fine within 0-60C(?) there must be a reason it doesn't say 45 or 50C as maximum instead of 60?

 

I also read the 0-60°C thing on seagate website, but during a long generic (i was away for maybe an hour and came back), i saw that the temps reached 60! I dont want it to reach such high temps in just an hour of stressing!

 

I'm curious why did you insert the question mark after 60C. Do you mean you're not sure?

 

I'm not sure if the temps that stated on the page is a "fine" value or not as everyone here says the temps is too high. According to the page it's not too high. So i'm just getting unsure how it really is.

 

Well Seagate says the maximum operating temperature is 60C and the OP says his temps go up to 58C, I would say that's too hot. It's too close to the maximum, in my opinion.

 

That is too hot, you should try shutting off background processes which are putting stress on your harddrive.
I have active cooling on my 7k320's and the drive never runs more than 102F or so, even after virus scans.

In my e1505, the 7k320 never breaks 50C, so it sounds like you have too many processes running in the background eating up your harddrive.
You can disable these processes by going to the run command and using MSCONFIG to shut them off.

K-TRON

 

I cut my processes down from 44 to 24. Idle, Id say (according to hdtune and speedfan)its around 43, but during a short generic scan with seatools, to test the hdd, temps rised again till 50 after a minute or 4...

-will a cooling pad do much with this?-

 

a cooling pad with a fan near the harddrive will help cut the surface temperatures, but you never know how much disc temperature will be removed by the cooler.
I have a homemade laptop cooler, and my old 160gb 5400rpm seagate would constantly run above 125F, and after use on the cooler, it never runs more than 91F. My homemade cooler is much more beastly than anything you can get at stores, so the cooling potential of what you buy may not be as much.

I hear the Zalman ones are good, but they are expensive.
If you go to the accessories forum, you can see that X2P has lots of laptop cooler guides.

K-TRON

 

I contacted seagate bout the problem that the temps rised till 60°, and i got a quick answer:

"Dear Simon,

The drive is operating between normal operating temperature.

Best regards"

 

From experience with WD and Hitatchi (but not Seagate) unless your hard-drive actually goes above the maximum temperature listed by the manufacturer they'll say that everytime.

However, even if you manage to show proof of it hitting above the maximum they'll still need to replicate it...