Hard drive temperature

[Dirk Puslich]

Hi,

I have a Seagate 120GB 7200rpm SATA Barracuda drive. I put an Antec
Hard Drive Cooling System on it that has a temperature sensor that is
supposed to be taped to one of the ICs/chips.

The temp reading of this sensor is usually low 40s celsius, but under
heavy use it can get up to about 51 degrees celsius.

The specs for this drive say it can operate in temp up to 60 degrees,
but I have a couple of questions:

1) I assume that the chip is one of the hottest parts, and just
because the chip gets to 50 the whole drive is probably a little
cooler. Correct?

2) Anyone else have comparable readings to mine?

Cheers

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a Seagate 120GB 7200rpm SATA Barracuda drive. I put
an Antec Hard Drive Cooling System on it that has a temperature
sensor that is supposed to be taped to one of the ICs/chips.

The temp reading of this sensor is usually low 40s celsius,
but under heavy use it can get up to about 51 degrees celsius.

The specs for this drive say it can operate in temp up to 60 degrees,

I wouldnt personally run a drive at the max
that the manufacturer specifys for long.

but I have a couple of questions:

1) I assume that the chip is one of the hottest
parts, and just because the chip gets to 50 the
whole drive is probably a little cooler. Correct?

Obviously depends on whether you put it on the hottest IC.

2) Anyone else have comparable readings to mine?

What is the SMART temperature of the drive itself ?

DTemp shows that easily.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi,

I have a Seagate 120GB 7200rpm SATA Barracuda drive. I put an Antec
Hard Drive Cooling System on it that has a temperature sensor that is
supposed to be taped to one of the ICs/chips.

The temp reading of this sensor is usually low 40s celsius, but under
heavy use it can get up to about 51 degrees celsius.

The specs for this drive say it can operate in temp up to 60 degrees,
but I have a couple of questions:

1) I assume that the chip is one of the hottest parts, and just
because the chip gets to 50 the whole drive is probably a little
cooler. Correct?

Depending on the chip, correct.

2) Anyone else have comparable readings to mine?

With decent cooling you should nob be more than 15C over room
temperature. If yur room temperature is 35C, the readings are
pretty good. If it is 15C, they are too high.

Solution: Attach the sensor to the metal casing, close to the
HDD motor. That is sort of a central pount well suited for temperature
measurement.

Arno