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HDD too hot & causing reboots - Is mine going bad???
I have 3 Seagate 160GB SATA hdd's; 2 in my main PC & 1 in my 2nd PC. Both
PCs are in the same room. According to SMART, the temperature of 2 in my main PC never exceeds 44C, but the temp of the one in my 2nd PC easily reaches more than 55C when idling. My 2nd PC recently has started to reboot when I click "turn off" in XP SP2. I'm pretty sure that the hot hdd is causing the problem because (1) none of other components in my 2nd PC are hot at all, and (2) the rebooting problem happens only when the hdd temp rises above 55C or so. However, according to SMART, the hdd is healthy and performs well. So what gives? |
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HDD too hot & causing reboots - Is mine going bad???
FKS wrote
I have 3 Seagate 160GB SATA hdd's; 2 in my main PC & 1 in my 2nd PC. Both PCs are in the same room. According to SMART, the temperature of 2 in my main PC never exceeds 44C, but the temp of the one in my 2nd PC easily reaches more than 55C when idling. My 2nd PC recently has started to reboot when I click "turn off" in XP SP2. I'm pretty sure that the hot hdd is causing the problem No it isnt. because (1) none of other components in my 2nd PC are hot at all, Thats likely just because the other temperatures are being measured properly. and (2) the rebooting problem happens only when the hdd temp rises above 55C or so. Likely the other temperatures that arent being measured properly are too hot too. However, according to SMART, the hdd is healthy and performs well. So what gives? You arent measuring the temperatures properly and that system is getting too hot. |
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HDD too hot & causing reboots - Is mine going bad???
FKS wrote:
I have 3 Seagate 160GB SATA hdd's; 2 in my main PC & 1 in my 2nd PC. Both PCs are in the same room. According to SMART, the temperature of 2 in my main PC never exceeds 44C, but the temp of the one in my 2nd PC easily reaches more than 55C when idling. My 2nd PC recently has started to reboot when I click "turn off" in XP SP2. I'm pretty sure that the hot hdd is causing the problem because (1) none of other components in my 2nd PC are hot at all, and (2) the rebooting problem happens only when the hdd temp rises above 55C or so. However, according to SMART, the hdd is healthy and performs well. So what gives? make sure ALL the fans are working including the one on the CPU make sure vent holes in and out are cleare of dust |
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HDD too hot & causing reboots - Is mine going bad???
Brody wrote:
FKS wrote: I have 3 Seagate 160GB SATA hdd's; 2 in my main PC & 1 in my 2nd PC. Both PCs are in the same room. According to SMART, the temperature of 2 in my main PC never exceeds 44C, but the temp of the one in my 2nd PC easily reaches more than 55C when idling. My 2nd PC recently has started to reboot when I click "turn off" in XP SP2. I'm pretty sure that the hot hdd is causing the problem because (1) none of other components in my 2nd PC are hot at all, and (2) the rebooting problem happens only when the hdd temp rises above 55C or so. However, according to SMART, the hdd is healthy and performs well. So what gives? make sure ALL the fans are working including the one on the CPU make sure vent holes in and out are cleare of dust You may also be able to add an additional fan or so. I had a machine with four drives on a raid card plus a couple of CD/DVD drives and occasionally had similar problems until I mounted two extra fans to increase airflow. If your chassis has the mount points, the fans themselves and a couple of power splitters are cheaps |
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HDD too hot & causing reboots - Is mine going bad???
Previously FKS wrote:
I have 3 Seagate 160GB SATA hdd's; 2 in my main PC & 1 in my 2nd PC. Both PCs are in the same room. According to SMART, the temperature of 2 in my main PC never exceeds 44C, but the temp of the one in my 2nd PC easily reaches more than 55C when idling. My 2nd PC recently has started to reboot when I click "turn off" in XP SP2. I'm pretty sure that the hot hdd is causing the problem because (1) none of other components in my 2nd PC are hot at all, and (2) the rebooting problem happens only when the hdd temp rises above 55C or so. However, according to SMART, the hdd is healthy and performs well. Hehe. Running it at 55C when idle, means it exceeds the maximum when active. What this disk will do is live short. For catastrophic failure, it needs to get a bit hotter. So what gives? Your cooling sucks. Running a HDD over 45C or so (under load) is asking for trouble, i.e. asking to loose your data. Arno |
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