Just noticed my hard drives where getting pretty hot to the touch. Measured temps and saw my one hard drives was in the 50's C. Is that too hot? What temperatures are unsafe?
Is 55 C too hard for a hard drive?
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Just noticed my hard drives where getting pretty hot to the touch. Measured temps and saw my one hard drives was in the 50's C. Is that too hot? What temperatures are unsafe?
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No, it's fine. Actually, research says that Hard Drives have longer lifespans when they're at high temps rather than low.
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Hmmm...don't know who to believe.
Does anyone have a article or studies they could link me to so i know what to believe?
Does anyone have a article or studies they could link me to so i know what to believe?
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If you want to be completely sure, just run a SMART diagnosis and make sure everything is running right. What Hard Drive is this, BTW?
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Western Digital drives are rated for 5 to 60C.
WD Green spec sheet
(Actually that sheet is for newer drives. Older ones might not be so tough.)
Even so, you want to keep them below 45C. The failure rate increases dramatically past that temp.
WD Green spec sheet
(Actually that sheet is for newer drives. Older ones might not be so tough.)
Even so, you want to keep them below 45C. The failure rate increases dramatically past that temp.
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If you aren't in a naturally hot environment and have reasonable cooling in place, then rescue your data and RMA the drive.
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55°C is far too hot; you need to cool that drive immediately or risk damage and data loss.
If you aren't in a naturally hot environment and have reasonable cooling in place, then rescue your data and RMA the drive.
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LOL Wut? That Google research paper showed that the rate of hard drive failure increased dramatically above 40°C. 55 was off even their scale.
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http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/labs.google.com/en/us/papers/disk_failures.pdf
from another website "Maximum HDD Temperatures
Each drive can have a different safe maximum temperature, but a reasonable operating temperature range is 30C to 50C (86F to 122F).
If your hard drive exceeds temperatures of 50C (122F), you should add additional cooling to your case or directly to the hard drive.
You don't want your hard drive to stay near the maximum levels for long periods because the higher temperatures will shorten the life of your hard disk drive.
Here is a quote from the Seagate/Maxtor site about hard drive temperatures:
All Maxtor ATA, SATA, and SCSI drives can operate with or without a fan, providing the hard disk temperature does not exceed 131°F (55°C) as measured from the top cover of the drive. Reliability will be compromised when the drive is exposed to temperatures above 55°C or 131°F. When in doubt of your system's ventilation capabilities, or ambient environment of your hard disk, add an extra cooling fan to the drive bay or system case to force air across the drive. "
30-40C is the sweet spot.. anything even after 55 would probably have your hd failing in no time
how is it fine..?
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/labs.google.com/en/us/papers/disk_failures.pdf
from another website "Maximum HDD Temperatures
Each drive can have a different safe maximum temperature, but a reasonable operating temperature range is 30C to 50C (86F to 122F).
If your hard drive exceeds temperatures of 50C (122F), you should add additional cooling to your case or directly to the hard drive.
You don't want your hard drive to stay near the maximum levels for long periods because the higher temperatures will shorten the life of your hard disk drive.
Here is a quote from the Seagate/Maxtor site about hard drive temperatures:
All Maxtor ATA, SATA, and SCSI drives can operate with or without a fan, providing the hard disk temperature does not exceed 131°F (55°C) as measured from the top cover of the drive. Reliability will be compromised when the drive is exposed to temperatures above 55°C or 131°F. When in doubt of your system's ventilation capabilities, or ambient environment of your hard disk, add an extra cooling fan to the drive bay or system case to force air across the drive. "
30-40C is the sweet spot.. anything even after 55 would probably have your hd failing in no time
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Too much conflicting ideas!!!
Sub thou.
Sub thou.
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The drive seems to be rated for up to 55C, so it should be fine. Like I said, just run some SMART diagnostics and see the results.
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Can you give a screenshot?
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The IDE Drives i have are 40c to 42c
And they are in a cramped space in my case.
Maybe thats okay?
And they are in a cramped space in my case.
Maybe thats okay?
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Source?
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Can't find it now. But yes, it did say that running Hard Drives at very low temperatures is worse than hot temperatures. Regardless, the HDD is rated for safe operation for up to 55C. I think it'll be fine.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:q7nqEvSwhZIJ:labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf+hard+drive+failure+rate&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShvzuvEYXdh1yhO0lkXfTbeRY56hp7UC0GJysAZRtxmUu_ftFJlKMx08F_72uDEXlI4tiFJme5OLduNdpGRYeMnrOzabAUUpmf5Z_idY2urJldpF9ONfykBSbHIow18LW4k7EdO&sig=AHIEtbQdAr9BtlJCS8xyVn640p55kLu_iA&pli=1
~35C is ideal; Much higher or lower increases failure rate quite a bit.
Remember, these are not solid state electronics. The moving parts depend on lubricants and if those lubricants get cold, their viscosity increases dramatically.
~35C is ideal; Much higher or lower increases failure rate quite a bit.
Remember, these are not solid state electronics. The moving parts depend on lubricants and if those lubricants get cold, their viscosity increases dramatically.
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Reiterating about your post doesn't mean that it just got more reputable.
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Fantastic. Thanks for the pdf. A great read.
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