dv6500t HD: hot!

Hi. I just bought a new dv6500t with the following specs:

Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
2 Gg RAM
160 Gb, 5400 RPM hard disk drive

I installed SpeedFan to monitor the temperature and it showed that the HD is always at around 55C even when no applications are running except Vista. I have disabled indexing and disk defrag so those are out of the picture.

When I ran SpinRite, it will periodically warn that the HD temperature is too high and the program has to stop. It was around 60C whenever it pauses.

Called up HP, and they said it's "normal to have temperature between 60 to 65" which I am skeptical.

What are your views/experience?

 

As posted before, it depends on HDD type, brand and model... But some of them are really HOT!

 

Mine won't report hard drive temps or any hard drive S.M.A.R.T. info at all.

I did order mine with the same drive through and by feel the harddrive is always extremely hot to the touch, it is the hottest part on the system.

 

It is not normal. Anything above 55c is supposed to bad for the longterm health of the HD. Call and speak with a different techie.

HP clearly has some issues with either bad hard drives or quality control issues related to cooling elements. I have tried twice to get the dv9500t. With the first one, both hard drives ran hot, the 2nd had one HD hit 60c almost out of the box and with minimal usage sits at 50c, the 2nd drive stays between 35-38c. Anyway both times I called HP tech support and was told there was a problem and to send it in for repair. No need as I was within the 21 day return window. I think I have now given up on the dv9500t though I otherwise like it. FYI it wa sjust a case of reading the HD temp and being concerned, the surface of the computer was rather hot.

It is a shame for me as I think HP generally has a good product but I suspect the HD failure rate is well above what HP wants. That being said I am not sure other manufactures are any better. I am now considering a business class HP.

 

I have the DV2500, same specs only difference is the screen size.My HDD runs around 45cish or abit higher on idle.. when you stress it out it goes to around 53c just below the 55c idiot warning .

Also my CPU cores runs around 47c on idle and flies up to 60c+ on heavy usage. As for gfx card it idles around 50 and can fly up to 80c (not sure if thats good)

I installed HDtune yesterday and after i restarted it stopped working, it wont detect my hdd anymore. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

Same problem with HD tune for me. I had success ending it in using the vista version of windows task master applications and then restarting the program as the administrator. I am not so sure your the temps matter so much in devices other then the HD. CPU's are supposed to withstand much more heat then hard drives.