Overheating SSD's?

I left it running a fairly light game for a while (League of Legends) in all very low settings. CPU and GPU remained < 70 Celsius. But I had HWMonitor running and it said something like ~260 Celsius for my 480GB Crucial M500 SSD and around ~150 Celsius Raid 0 2x 256GB Plextor M5M's. I feel like I should've come home to a melted computer. Should I be worried?

 

It could just be HWMonitor reporting wrong, it was an issue for a while. See if there is an updated version.

 

I have the latest version of HWMonitor. CrystalDiskInfo had similar numbers.

 

downlod HD Tune from my sig below which is free or HD Sentinel trial which will give a true reading.

a laptop will switch off at max 105c to protect the hardware so if you was getting 260c you are lucky your house is still standing.

edit

so intrigued i had to google

this makes no sence at all.

water boils at 100c = 212f

your hd is showing 260c = 500f

instead of hard drive you are more likely to find them temps in a nuclear reactor or volcano ok add a few more zeros.

which lappy have you got and if under warranty send it back for a new sensor.

 

I have the Sager NP8230. I just RMA'd recently though :|. As long as it's not some kind of hazard or it won't fry my laptop I might just stick with it for a while. I tried HD Tune, it shows the same numbers for the 2.5" Crucial, but has no data for the mSATAs in Raid.

 

im guessing the sensor wasnt connected properly.
who was your supplier?
hopefully someone can post up the service manual as it might be something simple to rectify.
in the mean time you could remove the base and look around the hard drive area to see if there is a lose wire.

 

My recent RMA with Sager had a motherboard swap to the latest revision (mSATA fix). I can't remember if I had this issue with the previous board. Also, the HDD LED light is flashing continuously even on idle with no programs open. I'm not sure if that's normal.

 

I don't think SSDs will bother with temperature reporting as their tolerance is way higher than regular HDDs.

 

Open up the bottom and see if the SSD is glowing red from heat, well at least put your hand close to it to see if the temp readings seem right to you.

 

This is indeed very odd. I agree with Hutsady's suggestion. Run the monitoring tool up until those temps, feel the bottom of the plate where the SSD is place at, shut down, REMOVE BATTERY, unscrew and physically check the temperature. 260ºC is way too much. I would even risk saying it is impossible for your pc to reach those temps without the MB and other components heating up a a lot. That is quite close to the melting point of a few common metals. That, and considering the plastic labels and other components the disk has (such as PCB boards, etc), you should be looking at a burnt pc. And yet you aren't. I'd say the number's are just simply wrong. Check out firmware versions for the disks and software versions of those tools. Try it with older versions that you knew worked (as read temperature is usually accessed via S.M.A.R.T). Other than that, no clue. I wouldn't worry too much. I've seen Samsung SSDs locking and shutting down at 70 or so degrees...

 

I want ot add smth to Hudsady's advice, check if there is a black smoke coming from a SSD before touching it If it is gray/white orjust smells burnt then go ahead

 

See this thread for firmware update link and changes to the M500. This might address the activity LED "Changed polarity of DAS (drive activity signal)" http://forum.notebookreview.com/solid-state-drives-ssds-flash-storage/715499-official-crucial-m500-series-thread-17.html#post9385379

 

Yeah I updated a few days ago, didn't do anything for me. My OS isn't on the Crucial anyway.