Hard Drive 'Overheating'

mal100 · 05-13-2008, 08:43 AM

Hi,

A few days ago I noticed I could hear my fan speed behaving erratically ('revving' up when it never did before etc) so I downloaded the 'speedfan' software to check my temperatures.

Having installed the program, one area of major concern is my media hard drive (samsung 80GB) is regularly achieving temperatures of 90-250 degrees C. As I type the little system tray icon is sitting at 250C. So I downloaded another program to check the temperatures and it comes out the same value. My pc currently has 2 fans working and the side panel and part of the front panel where the HDD is have been removed, so airflow shouldn;t be a problem.

My other hard drive a couple of inches below is at 33C.

What's going on here? The hard drive is fairly old so is it possible that my sensor is kaput? Should I bin it and just get an external?

Please help!!

mal100 · 05-13-2008, 09:03 AM

it's just dropped down to 18C...this is about an hour after it was switched on

nitestick · 05-13-2008, 09:28 AM

the readout is erroneous, not sure where the false reading is coming from. at 250c you would definitely start noticing some major problems

!

shadowg3 · 05-16-2008, 12:35 AM

250c would result in a basic meltdown of your harddrive.

If you go into your bios there should be an option to check temperautes, I'd check in there to see if anything else is overheating.

luke992006 · 05-16-2008, 02:15 AM

^^there is no way your hdd could operate at that temperature...so it is either the software, or the hdd that is giving the bad read...

05-13-2008, 08:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
mal100 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	Hard Drive 'Overheating' Hi, A few days ago I noticed I could hear my fan speed behaving erratically ('revving' up when it never did before etc) so I downloaded the 'speedfan' software to check my temperatures. Having installed the program, one area of major concern is my media hard drive (samsung 80GB) is regularly achieving temperatures of 90-250 degrees C. As I type the little system tray icon is sitting at 250C. So I downloaded another program to check the temperatures and it comes out the same value. My pc currently has 2 fans working and the side panel and part of the front panel where the HDD is have been removed, so airflow shouldn;t be a problem. My other hard drive a couple of inches below is at 33C. What's going on here? The hard drive is fairly old so is it possible that my sensor is kaput? Should I bin it and just get an external? Please help!!

05-13-2008, 09:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
mal100 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Hard Drive 'Overheating' it's just dropped down to 18C...this is about an hour after it was switched on

05-13-2008, 09:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
nitestick Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Locked in a dungeon, Perth Posts: 7,726	Re: Hard Drive 'Overheating' the readout is erroneous, not sure where the false reading is coming from. at 250c you would definitely start noticing some major problems ! __________________ Get FireFox Fold for tech forums. MY COMPUTER HELPS CURE CANCER! "Sniffing Powdered Ubuntu CDs Cures Cancer!" - TuxMachines.org New Sig Coming Soon - Q6600@3.0GHz/2x1GB Kingston DDR2-800/Gigabyte P35-DS3R I'm sorry but I do not accept support requests via IM, email, or personal messages You can contact me for Forum related issues via PM only.

05-16-2008, 12:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
shadowg3 Newb Techie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7	Re: Hard Drive 'Overheating' 250c would result in a basic meltdown of your harddrive. If you go into your bios there should be an option to check temperautes, I'd check in there to see if anything else is overheating.

05-16-2008, 02:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
luke992006 Master Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,112	Re: Hard Drive 'Overheating' ^^there is no way your hdd could operate at that temperature...so it is either the software, or the hdd that is giving the bad read... __________________ Infernodeals \| My NWN2 Module Project \| Recommended PC Component's \|What To Look For When Buying computer Components\| CPU:Q6600 RAM:2gb Crucial Ballisitx Mobo:Asus P5K GPU:9600gt ssc and then some Case:NZXT Lexablackline Monitor:226bw 2ms, and acer 17" secondary PSU: Corsair 620HX \| Water cooling coming soon Crazy person: AMD is a third-world based company who use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops

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