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Hey guys,
I just put together a computer and i have a master and a slave drive.
Master= Seagate baracudda 80 gb ata133 hard-drive 7200 RPM
Slave= western digital 20 gb
The slots are directly on top of eachother because there are no other slots I can use.
My seagate seems to be overheating really bad. I can barely touch the top part. I even left my case open. Is this a hardware error? What can I do to fix this?
Also the drive under it is now overheating as well. what can i do?
=arbi=
Newer drives need good venitlation. Even with 5400 RPM drives, I will leave a "slot" open between them.
Seagate says that the drive's top operating temp is 60C (140F), which is pretty dang hot to the touch. Your only options are to move the drive(s) or try mounting a fan to cool them. Do you have any other drive bays to move them to or you have pretty small case?
Rule #1: Good Computers don't go down.
Rule #2: There is no such thing as a good computer.
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Yea, I have 2 slots for a hard-drive and their right on top of them. I got a special Antec case to keep it cool and its pretty small so there isnt much space to move.
I guess I can try adding more fans but im running out of space. This case is getting pretty annoying!
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What is this with hot hard drives today??
Contrary to popular belief, hd's are NOT supposed to run hot. This is why they don't include fans/fins/venting.
Even if you look at some of the USB hardrives complete with thier own power supplies (which are good heat producers all by themselves), they are completely enclosed with no venting.
I have a 120 gig 7200 usb drive that is completely encased... no venting, and even after 3 hours of heavy duty video rendering it's barely above room temperature. It's the same with 2 internal drives that I have.
If your hard drive is producing a lot of heat then their is a problem with it and you should start thinking about backing up.
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blackbill, check my response - my HD's which are 5400 RPM will run (internal temp) 95F usually which feels a little warm.
But drive that feel HOT, i.e - that you can't keep your hand on, are an issue.
The air temp inside a computer case is usually higher than room temperature.
Seems the "special" Antec case isn't doing it's job.
ARBI - you can't move one drive up to one of the external 5 1/4" bays can you??
There are adapters to mount 3 1/2" devices in the 5 1/4" bays.
Rule #1: Good Computers don't go down.
Rule #2: There is no such thing as a good computer.
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Rick:
Maybe I'm confused but that's a different story... computer case temperatures could be high which in turn will heat everything within the casing, including the HD.
But this is a problem with the casing and the case venting, not the hard drive.
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Problem solved ; )
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If it's new that's even worse!
Make sure it's not what Rick Mcnabb above said (bad computer case venting). If you are sure it's not that then take it out and return it before something bad happens to it.
Returning a burned up HD I suspect will be a little harder to return.
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hmm i switched my power supplky from 450 to 250 and it seems to be cooled won at 96 farenheit now...
96 degrees ok right?
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Did you even try the suggestions in jboy's link?
Seriously, if changing power supplies fixed it, I'd think the first one was defective. A power supply doesn't force the power into whatever it's driving--the device pulls what it needs from the PS. But if the 5 or 12 volt leads are much higher than that, the drive will still pull the same amperage but at the higher voltage. The drive will be using more power and therefore have more heat to dissipate.
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again..why would i soak and freeze my HD? doesnt seem safe. I swithced it back to 450 watts, added a fan, 2 hard-drive coolers, 1 for each and adding 3 more fans at the bottom. Regular + 2 hd coolers temp is at 95 avg.. this is farenheit!
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The page jboy linked to was not meant to be taken seriously.
For comparison purposes you may want to do a voltage check on the 5 and 12 volt leads (red and yellow) with each power supply and see how close the readings are to 5 and 12.
Although it may look silly, if you have the room you might want to attach heatsinks to the top of the drives for better heat dissipation.
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Heres an update...Just added 3 more fans to the bototm of my case to blow on the 2 hds...added 2 heatsink/fans to each hard-drive..images are here
http://xieserv.net/amd
check it out :( its reading 38 celcius which is 100 Farenheit! I think its till too high but I can now touch the HD without burning myself. Again, is 100 too high?
-arbi
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If you have high heat producing hardware, your whole case will be a space heater.
Happen to have any 5.25" bays open? buy a Bayfreezer from vantec or, just return your HDD and say it's got problems.mine runs at 28C. but it's an older Western digital.
I guess seagate's harddrives just suck up lots of power. might want to get something a little less power hungry like a hitachi or samsung.If your ambient room temperature is around 80-90 this could affect case temperature greatly. (obviously)
Saw your pictures. I would recommend an intake-fan from the front of the case.http://www.vantecusa.com/product-cooling.html#
try the vortex. it's kinda expensive but you could find something, similar a bit cheaper.The fans you installed look like they just be blowing hot air around your hard drives.
90-100 is fine, dont freak out. Your drive's life will just be reduced. =)
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you should see how hot they get when they go thru the burn in period
72 hrs of running in an enviornment of intense heat
probably hotter than you are talking about
I used to build them in the 80's
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jboy:
Thanks for that link (in post-6); it's a gem.
Will pass it on to friends/colleagues etc.
Thanks for the chuckle.
Being "serious..." perhaps "arbi" can investigate re' Peltier effect cooling, or a water-cooled system? There are folks out there who are really into both of the above paths...
trvlr
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