On Sun, 01 May 2005 13:52:08 -0500, Kevin Buffardi
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Joe wrote:
>> I left my computer while it was decompressing a large set of RAR
>> files (about 1.5 gig). When I returned the SMART alarm had a series
>> of message that my hard drive was hot. It was showing the hard drive
>> was at 107 degrees fahrenheit. I stopped the decompressing the RAR
>> set and backed up the drive. Now I am concerned that I may have
>> damaged the drive. It is a Western Digital 80G 7200 RPM ATA/100 IDE
>> Hard Drive.
>
>If this is the disk in concern:
>http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...asp?DriveID=83
>
>then it says the operating temperature is from 41-131 F. 107 degrees
>isn't that overwhelmingly hot. How long had you been gone from the
>computer? Was 107 degrees the *current* temperature, or the temperature
>at time of the warning messages?
>
>It wouldn't hurt for you to run some diagnostics on the drive, but if it
>never reached above 107, it *should* be fine.
>
>//Kevin
Thanks for the response Kevin.
I think the drive I have is the 2mb cache rather than the eight but
with your direction I found the data for it. It also has a maximum
temp range of 131 degrees.
I am not certain how hot the drive got. I was gone for about 1-1/2
hours. When I came back there was a whole bunch of warning messages
stacked up on my screen (The speakers were turned off so I got no
audible warning.) I stopped the processes that were running and let
the drive cool down then rebooted the computer.
It appears I have the warning temperature on the SMART software set to
warn when the temp gets above 41 celsius. That works out to just
under 106 fahrenheit. That may be a bit low.
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