Hard Drive target temperature?

I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.

Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.

What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
drives, what I should set the temperature to.

What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?

Thanks!

"fsda" wrote in message
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I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.

Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.

What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
drives, what I should set the temperature to.

What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?

Thanks!

Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.

You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.

You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Li...nk-cid-19.html

On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.

I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
are rated to work up to 55C.

"Mark A" wrote in message ...
"fsda" wrote in message
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I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.

Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.

What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
drives, what I should set the temperature to.

What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?

Thanks!

Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.

You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.

You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Li...nk-cid-19.html

On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.

I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
are rated to work up to 55C.

I used to work in a hard drive qualification lab (for file
servers), and 40C was also our target temp -- regardless
of ratings on the disks.

Rick wrote:
"Mark A" wrote in message ...

"fsda" wrote in message
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I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.

Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.

What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
drives, what I should set the temperature to.

What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?

Thanks!

Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.

You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.

You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Li...nk-cid-19.html

On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.

I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
are rated to work up to 55C.


I used to work in a hard drive qualification lab (for file
servers), and 40C was also our target temp -- regardless
of ratings on the disks.



Sounds sensible - the Seagate SATA drives I have frequently get *very*
hot and that's in an open case with plenty of space between them. No
active cooling but may be an idea.

Rob