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    P150EM with Windows 8 has hot drives

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by gkrules, Dec 24, 2012.

  1. gkrules

    gkrules Notebook Consultant

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    I upgraded my P150EM to Windows 8 recently, and I have noticed that my drive temperatures have increased a lot. I have a Samsung 830 SSD and a 750gb hard drive that came with the laptop.
    The SSD gets to about 38 C pretty quickly after starting the computer. The HDD gets to about 41-42C. They are noticeably warm to the touch. On Windows 7, the SSD would very rarely go above 32 C and the HDD was usually around 34-35C.
    Should I be concerned about this large temperature increase?
     
    gkrules, Dec 24, 2012
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  2. mattcheau

    mattcheau Notebook Deity

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    well stop touching them! :cool:

    no, i wouldn't be concerned. possible causes:
    -change in ambient temperature (southern hemisphere summer/northern hemisphere, turn down your heat)
    -new home/spot/placement/position for the laptop
    -you never noticed when the drives got that hot in W7
    -monitoring utility is less accurate
    -monitoring utility is more accurate
    -machine needs a cleaning (doubt it if you take that careful a note of drive temps ;))
    -more drive activity

    in any event, those are nowhere near dangerous temps.
     
    mattcheau, Dec 24, 2012
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  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    The increase itself may be noteworthy, but hardly worth "concern". The temps are negligible still. For peace of mind, you can try using one or two other hardware monitoring utilities for cross referencing and accuracy.

    But mattcheau basically covered all the bases here, I think. :)
     
    Prostar Computer, Dec 24, 2012
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Over 50C is usually the point where you see significant increases in failure rates.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 24, 2012
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  5. Zymphad

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    Trying updating your ME8 firmware and drivers. Check out Prema's custom bios website, he has the latest of each with easy directions to install them.
     
    Zymphad, Dec 25, 2012
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  6. Colpolite

    Colpolite Notebook Deity

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    Check your processes via task manager and see anything that is unusual.
     
    Colpolite, Dec 25, 2012
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