Re: Is my hard disk about to crash?
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Andrew Walbran wrote:
> 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,
31C is not too bad .. with or without a fan cooling the
drive electronics and body of the drive
> googling shows claims that up to 55 C is an acceptable maximum temperature.
disk drive manufacturers spec their "max" operating temp,
and does NOT mean you can run at that temp 24x7x365
the disks are warranted for 1,000,000 too .. but we're not worried
about that?? and we only care about their 1year warranty ( 6,000hrs )
the life of the disks dies at a rate of 1/2 life cycle
for each 10C increase above 25C at "normal" operating condition
which could be "for use only for 2 hrs of the day" or something
silly ( everybody knows, laptop disks are not meant to be
used 24x7 )
> Where did you get the 30 C maximum from?
my 7200rpm disks all runs at that temp range or less
( excluding scsi )
c ya
alvin
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