On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:44 am, Alvin Oga wrote: > - hot disks ( add a fan to the disk ) > - use hddtemp to see what its operating temp is > ( should be 30C or less, even less than 25C ) You've got me worried now. hddtemp reports my drive running at 31 C. However, googling shows claims that up to 55 C is an acceptable maximum temperature. Where did you get the 30 C maximum from? Andrew Walbran