Ken wrote in message . ..
On 2 Jul 2003 05:58:27 -0700, (Silver Blade)
wrote:

I've always been concerned about the temperatures being reported
by SMART monitoring utilities I've used.

I got 2 Hard Drives, one IBM 120GXP (80GB) and a Seagate Barracuda V
120GB (both 7200 rpm) and with 23 degrees Celsius room temperature
the IBM is 29-32 degrees and the Seagate 30-33 degrees.
I got one 80mm fan in the front of the case running on 7 volts
blowing right on the HDD:s. Works perfect for me, very quiet.
Example
http://w1.857.telia.com/~u85710476/d...ple/pcvent.png

But where are these temperatures taken from? My IBM drive runs at
about 40 degrees most of the time - roughly 10 degrees more than
yours.

Adding fans is not an option for me, since I want my PC to be as
silent as possible. Plus, it seems if I add more fans, the CPU
temperature rises.

I've thought about the possibility of insalling some slow large fans,
but have only one place for a fan to go. Besides, I'm thinking of
saving that for if I ever get round to making a cabinet to go round
the computer case - just for some airflow I might stick a couple of
fans at the bottom/back to pull cool air in while the hot air rises
out of a vent at the back, perhaps.

-SB