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| 339418 | 2005-03-29 10:25:00 | I've recently got my computer back from having it 'serviced'. As part of the service I replaced a faulty 40GB hard drive with a new 120GB one. I've also had removed a DVD drive and a separate CD burner and replaced them both with a DVD drive. My problem is that I have HDD Health installed (downloaded off a PC World CD - I think) and it shows my PC reaching internal temperatures of 46degrees at which point it puts up a warning window and I panic and shut the computer down. The man who upgraded my computer suggested altering the warning level of HDD Health so that I receive the warning at 55 - 60 degrees. When should I panic? What is a dangerous temperature? :confused: Thanks |
Sereena (3678) | ||
| 339419 | 2005-03-29 10:28:00 | 90 is pretty dangerous. 70 is getting a bit beyond the comfort level. 46 is icy cold. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 339420 | 2005-03-29 10:31:00 | 46 degrees is fine for the CPU. I get stressed if mine gets over 50 deg, but in summer unless I remove a side panel the poor beast gets up to around 58 deg...(time to drop in a new fan I guess) Constantly running at over 50 deg will probably shorten the life of any component, but i'd say your upgrade man is right - set the warning to go off at 55 - 60. |
nicisace (7454) | ||
| 339421 | 2005-03-29 10:38:00 | If you are really skeptical about any slight heat that might affect the performance of your computer or whatsoever, and if money is not an obstacle, get those super-duper efficient cooling system whereby it uses the way the refridgerator works. Cheers :) | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 339422 | 2005-03-29 10:44:00 | firstly what temp is it measureing? HDD Health uses SMART reprting from the hardrive so i suspect the temps you are seeing are infact hardrive temps . 46 degrees for a hardrive is fairly hot . what is the case temp? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 339423 | 2005-03-29 22:05:00 | My problem is that I have HDD Health installed (downloaded off a PC World CD - I think) and it shows my PC reaching internal temperatures of 46degrees at which point it puts up a warning window and I panic and shut the computer down. Good... The man who upgraded my computer suggested altering the warning level of HDD Health so that I receive the warning at 55 - 60 degrees. Don't do that... When should I panic? What is a dangerous temperature? :confused: Thanks Panic, when you get that message box from HDD health. I had something similar happening to me last year. My machine had two hard disc in raid config and they were mounted on top of each other. After using them every day for a year, the bottom one gave up. Since they were in RAID, I wasn't able to run HDD Health on them... I replaced the faulty drive and rewired my configuration differently - but they were mounted them in the same slots - now I was able to see the temperature of that bottom drive and it was around 55-60 degrees... I was literally cooking my drives... My current machine has HDD coolers on each drive now. Som of them even have a LCD temperature display: it's around 38-42 degrees (depending on usage). To make a long post short: trust HDD health and keep that drive cool. www.google.com |
InsomniaZZZ (7740) | ||
| 339424 | 2005-03-29 22:32:00 | If it's measuring the temp of the CPU then it can depend on the type of CPU. Traditionally AMD's run hotter than Intel's. | Greg (193) | ||
| 339425 | 2008-08-13 23:21:00 | I checked this thread after running PC Wizard (Ver 1.852) on Voltage, Temperature and Fans. It read: 'Hard Disc Maxtor 7Y250M0: 34DegC'. As it was accompanied by a bright red therometer logo I cried "Permission to Panic, SIR!" Seems I just should have just looked happy although I thought humans were dead at 34C. | jarques (4877) | ||
| 339426 | 2008-08-13 23:29:00 | 34 degrees isn't that hot at all for a hard drive. What was the previous value recording? |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 339427 | 2008-08-14 02:37:00 | I checked this thread after running PC Wizard (Ver 1 . 852) on Voltage, Temperature and Fans . It read: 'Hard Disc Maxtor 7Y250M0: 34DegC' . As it was accompanied by a bright red therometer logo I cried "Permission to Panic, SIR!" Seems I just should have just looked happy although I thought humans were dead at 34C . Humans are dead at 34C? I had an 80C sauna once . . . not too bad . India sits around 45C fairly often . . . now that's dangerous . A lot of those programs have faulty sensor readings, not too sure about that program though . If there are any spaces for fans at the front of your PC, you could fit one there . . . otherwise I wouldn't be too worried about it . |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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