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How Hot does your HDD Run?

Poll Results: What is the maximum heat your HDD reads during heavy use?

 
  • 2% (1)
    Less than 30 C
  • 2% (1)
    30 - 35 C
  • 2% (1)
    35- 40 C
  • 25% (9)
    40 - 45 C
  • 25% (9)
    45 - 50 C
  • 22% (8)
    50 - 55 C
  • 11% (4)
    55 - 60 C
  • 5% (2)
    60 - 65 C
  • 0% (0)
    65 - 70 C
  • 0% (0)
    Over 70 C
35 Total Votes  
post #1 of 18
8/24/04 at 11:06pm
Thread Starter 
Just trying to find out about what temperature most HDD's run at in notebooks today.
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post #2 of 18
8/24/04 at 11:09pm
hitachi 7200 = warm

Mobilemeter says 42 adn i'm not doing much
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post #3 of 18
8/24/04 at 11:13pm
Almost everyone here uses MobileMeter. Of course, there are some other ones but this seems to be the most popular utility at the moment.
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post #4 of 18
8/24/04 at 11:14pm
mine runs at around 37-40 if i'm not doing much, if i start to use it it goes up to a max of 47
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post #5 of 18
8/24/04 at 11:34pm
the hottest mine has reached has been 54c and that was afteri left it on all day. it went into standby mode and when i woke it up thats waht i got.
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post #6 of 18
8/25/04 at 12:06am
I'm around 50C most times. This is a 4200rpm drive too!
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post #7 of 18
8/25/04 at 12:14am
On my 4200 RPM drive i get 31 deg Celcius while doing nothing dont know about heavy load cause i deleted Mobile meter
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post #8 of 18
8/25/04 at 3:59am
Mine seems to idle at 45C. I wonder if I'm blocking a vent or something.

OK, I just did a big compile job. The CPU got up to 68C running at 2GHz for several minutes, but the HDD only went to 46C. I guess with 2G of RAM and XP tweaked to favor the filesystem cache, the disk doesn't have to work very hard.
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post #9 of 18
8/25/04 at 4:02am
I'm at 44C right now on my 7200rpm in my 4750. it used to stay around 54C but my heat pipe cooler seems to work really well!
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post #10 of 18
8/25/04 at 6:26am
My Acer Travelmate 800 LCi at work runs almost constantly at 55-56 C, and the left palm area is HOT! It's got a 4200 rpm drive, although Acer sold it as having a 5400 rpm drive.
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post #11 of 18
8/25/04 at 6:30am
browsing, under 40
high use, high 50's
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post #12 of 18
8/25/04 at 6:55am
I'll add that the HDD temperature when the computer is IDLE is 53 C. I sent the computer to maintenance when I first got it, and they said that there is nothing wrong with it. They told that all TM800s run as hot.
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post #13 of 18
8/25/04 at 9:07am
Toshiba 1135-155, 60gb 7200rpm, 34-35c. when surfing, 38-39c. after running HD Tune. VanTech LapCool always in use.
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post #14 of 18
8/25/04 at 9:21am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommi
I'll add that the HDD temperature when the computer is IDLE is 53 C. I sent the computer to maintenance when I first got it, and they said that there is nothing wrong with it. They told that all TM800s run as hot.
Don't believe anything Acer says. That's a load of BS.
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post #15 of 18
8/25/04 at 11:18am
35 on the hitachi 60 gig 7200

33 on the 20 gig 4200 drive

comp idel
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post #16 of 18
8/25/04 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by Ferrari3200
Don't believe anything Acer says. That's a load of BS.
That would have been a good advice. Too bad, it happened already a year ago.
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post #17 of 18
8/27/04 at 3:14am
I just got a Targus USB Powered Notebook Chill mat, and it's brought my HD temp down from 45C to 37C. It seems to have had zero effect on my CPU temp though. (Which is why I'm posting this note here on this HDD thread.) This mat has two fans that sucks air in from the top of the mat (i.e., between the mat and the laptop) and blow out the back of the mat. It may be kind of counterproductive since I think the Asus sucks air in from below too, that's probably why it's not helping cool the CPU. But my lap feels nice and cool now...
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post #18 of 18
8/27/04 at 4:43am
Idle: 32°c
Browsing: 50°c
Heavy load: 62°c

Hitachi 7K60
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