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Old July 8th 03, 09:56 PM
Will Dormann
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Ken wrote:
Yes. My Barracudas is running warmer than my IBM deskstar.
You need to have proper air flow around the drives.
This is a simple and good working program for temperature check.
http://private.peterlink.ru/tochinov/download.html



Nice. I like that it shows the temp right in the taskbar without any
clicking.


-WD

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Old July 9th 03, 10:50 AM
Ken
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On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:53:50 -0700, "Ed Light"
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If you ask me, that's awfully hot! It seems optimistic.


Yes! The lifespan should be a lot shortened.
Keep it under +40°C and you can forget any heat problem.


 




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