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    My new M860TU has a very hot HD

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by iGoat, May 24, 2009.

  1. iGoat

    iGoat Notebook Enthusiast

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    250GB Samsung HM251JJ.

    It idles at 62C, and hardware monitor has reported temps up to 69C :eek:

    Write caching is enabled, and the driver I'm using is 6.0.6001.18000 dated 21/06/06.
     
    iGoat, May 24, 2009
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    Gophn, May 24, 2009
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    as Gophn advised above the intel matrix brought mine down by 3-4c
    your HD temp. is still a little high so it might be worth contacting your supplier.
    who did you buy it from if it was in the uk.
     
    MrDJ, May 24, 2009
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  4. iGoat

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    Have installed the latest intel matrix patch, but some unknown/uninstigated heavy disk activity shortly afterwards caused the temp to go up to 65C.

    I'll see tomorrow how much the idle temps drop by on my new Novatech machine.
     
    iGoat, May 24, 2009
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    check to see what settings your anti virus scan and defrag are set too. if they are set to daily scan that will push it above 60c each time.

    ive got the same config as yours and my idle temp is 50-54c and after heavy gaming its 51c constant.
     
    MrDJ, May 24, 2009
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    http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/notebook-hard-drive,2006-5.html
     
    Purlpo, May 24, 2009
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    Thanks chaps, I've disabled drive indexing, disabled a couple of vista services and updated to the latest matrix manager and it still idles at around 61C - 62C, but now maxes out at about 66C instead of 69C.

    Purlpo - interesting review, looks like I should expect slightly higher temps then, compared to most other HD's.
     
    iGoat, May 26, 2009
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    check out this thread... its cheap and simple. :)
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=375196
     
    Gophn, May 26, 2009
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  9. MrDJ

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    iGoat. all i can say is that HD needs replacing under warranty.
     
    MrDJ, May 27, 2009
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    are the temps from SSDs much lower? i am looking at the 128GB g.skill falcon specifically.
     
    pbcustom98, May 27, 2009
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    Kinda amazing that 9month later they still ship just about any HD without testing if that model overheat in the M860TU. If a reseller read this are you aware of the issue and do you try to solve the probleme ??
     
    Sp3ctrum, May 27, 2009
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    I have a patriot 128GB SSD and hdtune and other apps wont read the temp.

    2 things though. It feels much cooler, and the SSD's are safe up to 70 degrees, not 50 something like normal HD's.

    Best $250 I could have spent, the performance is great, real noticeable difference in some areas, and no slowdowns from an overheating HD.

    Check with your notebook reseller and see if they will give you credit for the HDD that was included and return that for a few dollars.
     
    charger71, May 27, 2009
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    I've got one with an Intel X25-M 80 Gb coming on Friday....I'll report running temps in a week or so... :)

    Jeff
     
    stljeffbb, May 27, 2009
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