 External Hard-drive Temperature???, Are they supposed to get this hot? |
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 sam. 25 juin 2005, 01:40
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Hello, I am new with external hard drive and their enclosures. I currently am running this: Seagate 160GB, 8MB Cache, 7,200RPM, inside a Rosewill RX30-U2FAB, Oxford 922 Chipset. Whenever I use this for a small period of time, 30 min or so, it gets really hot. Well, it gets hot. Is it supposed to do this? I am just afraid that the hard drive will burn up and become useless. Any info would help. Thanks
-Lotus
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Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz Rev. C, 2.5GB ram, 160GB External HD via FW800, FireBox, Logic Pro 7.1.1.
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 sam. 25 juin 2005, 01:52
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A drive which is working gets hot. Now, to quantize the hot… if you can touch the enclosure, it's ok, it's less than 60°C - 140°F and it's ok (the drive will actually be hotter but you're safe). Now if you can't touch the enclosure, I can't imagine the drive, and drives are made to work at about max 80°C - 176°F, they can do their job but they will age faster and will be more prone to failure… wich unfortunately HAPPENS (ask the unfortunate owners of the first series of G5 iMacs… that's one of their problems). So if you can fry an egg on it, stop this thing! Else, make sure there's plenty of air around, keep dust ans sun away from it and you'll be fine  [edit, beside the mistakes corrected, I used a C for an F, which for temperatures can be very annoying  lpm]
Ce message a été modifié par lepetitmartien - dim. 26 juin 2005, 04:28.
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