Temperatures of HD1 and HD2

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Hi

I've installed a program which gives me temperatures of my HD's.

I am surprised to see that the moment I switch on the computer, both HD's
begin to rise from about 19°cent to 37/38°

Admittedly, the first HD which is being used all the time is higher than the
second one by about 2-3°c.

But why does the second one rise so much as it is not in use....or is it?

The problem is that last summer, I only had one HD which overheated in my
flat which faces south .

I am going to install a second fan but my question is more:

Can I isolate the 2HD if it is not in active use?

Thanks in advance
 
Dave Neve said:
Hi

I've installed a program which gives me temperatures of my HD's.

I am surprised to see that the moment I switch on the computer, both HD's
begin to rise from about 19°cent to 37/38°

Admittedly, the first HD which is being used all the time is higher than the
second one by about 2-3°c.

But why does the second one rise so much as it is not in use....or is it?
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With some exceptions (eg portables), hard drives spin all the time so you
would expect them to heat up. Remember this is the measured internal
temperature which is not always the same as it's specified external
operating environmental temperature.
Can I isolate the 2HD if it is not in active use?
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I think you can only spin down all hard drives at once? See Control Panel ->
Performance and maint. -> Power options

You could fit a drive bay cooler if you don't mind the noise of small fans
or rig up your own 80mm fan to cool the HD.
 
Dave Neve said:
Hi

I've installed a program which gives me temperatures of my HD's.

I am surprised to see that the moment I switch on the computer, both HD's
begin to rise from about 19°cent to 37/38°

Admittedly, the first HD which is being used all the time is higher than the
second one by about 2-3°c.

But why does the second one rise so much as it is not in use....or is it?

The problem is that last summer, I only had one HD which overheated in my
flat which faces south .

I am going to install a second fan but my question is more:

Can I isolate the 2HD if it is not in active use?

Thanks in advance
Click to expand...
If the drives are otherwise identical it may be that that slight temperature
difference is due more to the vagaries of internal case airflow than to how
they are used.
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Dave said:
Hi

I've installed a program which gives me temperatures of my HD's.

I am surprised to see that the moment I switch on the computer, both HD's
begin to rise from about 19°cent to 37/38°

Admittedly, the first HD which is being used all the time is higher than the
second one by about 2-3°c.

But why does the second one rise so much as it is not in use....or is it?

The problem is that last summer, I only had one HD which overheated in my
flat which faces south .

I am going to install a second fan but my question is more:

Can I isolate the 2HD if it is not in active use?

Thanks in advance
Click to expand...

How are the drives physically positioned? If they are one right on top
of another in the drive bays then the one on top is going to run hotter
than the lower drive. If you can seperate them by at least a drive space
that will help airflow between them.

Steve
 
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