Lenovo Y720 - SSD Temperature is High

Hi Guys,

I have bought a new lenovo Y720 few days ago with below Specs:

i7 7700HQ, 128 GB SSD, 1 TB SATA, GTX 1060

The thing is when I put load on laptop or run stress test or do some heavy work the SSD drive temperature 2 in HWInfo reaches maximum to 93. The funny thing is that laptop is minimal hot on surface and totally cold from bottom, CPU temps are also between 40 to 70 depending on load but SSD temperature gets very high. Can you please tell me what is Drive Temperature 2 in attached screenshot and why its so high? And shouldn't it kill the SSD as for SSD the highest temp is 70?

 

NVMe drives run hot normally. I believe they start throttling when they hit 95 degrees. The thermal limit should be in the 120 range.

 

I thought only cpu and gpu throttle. Drives throttle too? And can this drive heat damage something else?

 

70C is the limit, beyond that your SSD has shorter lifespan.

 

Lets say my ssd stops working at a point as its only 128 GB. Afterthat If i get new one of 255 or 512 that should work fine, right?

 

I don't think you will see much of a difference or you should see temps greater than current one because of increase in R/W speeds.

 

Do a search for "do NVMe SSD's throttle?" and you'll find several articles analyzing it.

I doubt it would hurt anything nearby. You would have to actually touch it.

 

How much SSD 256 GB costs in usd?

 

If I just replace it at some point, then it should fix the issue?

 

Its better to contact Lenovo and replace the unit. Lenovo doesn't entertain opening the laptop, doing so will void the warranty.

 

I dont think that they will replace this unit as here there is 7 days policy only and its been 10 days. What other options do I have?

 

Might call Lenovo support for assistance. If they say the temps are fine, then sell it w/o any hesitation.

 

What is the drawback of using it as it is? And if ssd gets burnt then send it to warrantty to get a new one, what do you think?

 

You can do that.