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February 5th 04, 10:52 PM
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Safe temperature for HD?
Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal?
Bobby 
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February 5th 04, 11:19 PM
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Bobby wrote:
Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? Check the maufacturers site for envioronmental specs for your model HDD. My Seagate 80Gb, 7,200 RPM runs at about the same and Seagate says it should run between 10-60°C. -- ~misfit~
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February 5th 04, 11:31 PM
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Bobby can i ask what your using to check temps?
"Bobby" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? Bobby
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February 5th 04, 11:33 PM
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 22:52:08 -0000, "Bobby" wrote:
Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? Bobby It's warmer than it "could" be, but is normal, not a problem. Read the spec sheet for your particular drive to determine max temp spec, but I'd pretty sure it's higher than 42C.
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February 5th 04, 11:45 PM
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A small program called "Speedfan".
"John" wrote in message ... Bobby can i ask what your using to check temps? "Bobby" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? Bobby
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February 6th 04, 01:09 AM
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Bobby wrote:
Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? 40-42C is perfectly normal. Keep in mind, 37C is body temperature, and there's no reason a computer should melt down at only slightly more than body temperature.
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February 6th 04, 01:20 AM
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 22:52:08 -0000, "Bobby" wrote:
Can anyone advise? Mine's is running at 40-42C. Is that normal? it is ok; everything lower than 50° IMHO is ok ... -- Regards, SPAJKY ® & visit my site @ http://www.spajky.vze.com "Tualatin OC-ed / BX-Slot1 / inaudible setup!" E-mail AntiSpam: remove ##
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#8
February 6th 04, 07:31 AM
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"Bobby" wrote in message ... A small program called "Speedfan". OK thanks Bobby.
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February 6th 04, 12:36 PM
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John wrote:
"Bobby" wrote in message ... A small program called "Speedfan". OK thanks Bobby. I use DTemp which appears to work well. Not that you aked. g -- ~misfit~
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