HDD Temperature 66 degrees celsius

Hi,

Today I noticed that my CPU fan is turning on and off very frequently (on and off at an interval of 20 seconds). I installed an app which shows me the current hdd temperature. When I switch on my PC, it shows 54 degrees but within half an hour it is at 66! I disabled the 3D graphics, switched off the computer and let it cool down. Now half an hour has passed and T is 62. Is this temperature normal for a Linux machine ?

What might be causing the problem ? There is no AC in the room...I don't want my hard drive to melt :(

Thank you

EDIT: Ah! its 64 now!! I'm going.

HDD is faned not by the CPU fan but by the fan in your front-panel of the case.
So you should check if this fan is working properly and you case constructed in a way that nothing prevents the correct air flow (like in the picture http://www.svc.com/generalcoolingguide.html - Your HDD should be located in the "blue zone")

Are you sure that temperature is correct - maybe you can feel the hard-disk with your hand. 66'C will feel burning hot (about the same temperature as the hot water on a very HOT tap).

Edit: By the way, I'm pretty sure it makes no difference if you run Linux, Windows or DOS on the machine.

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Mats

uh, I feel embarrassed to admit that I have never seen a HD before. Is it a 8cm X 8cm cuboid with a fan mounted on the top of it ? (160GB)
It is screwed to a circuit board. The arrow in the picture

Where your arrow points is the CPU.

The hard-disk is normally mounted in the area just over the fan (blue rectangle with 40CFM on it) that is pointed to by the big blue arrow. The box just above this is usually where the HDD lives.

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Mats

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Where your arrow points is the CPU.

The hard-disk is normally mounted in the area just over the fan (blue rectangle with 40CFM on it) that is pointed to by the big blue arrow. The box just above this is usually where the HDD lives.

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Mats

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Sorry I'm wasting too much of your time.

Do you mean the rectangle to the left of (your left) where its written "Good Airflow" ?

"HIPRO" was written on it, and when i googled, I found this. and it is looking exactly like what I have here. but i think its the power supply ?

This is the box Matsp is talking about:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1...airflowzb5.jpg

That is where your harddisk is supposed to be.

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Edit: By the way, I'm pretty sure it makes no difference if you run Linux, Windows or DOS on the machine.

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Most laptops get 10-15 minutes extra battery time on Linux compared to Windows Vista, since Vista uses more CPU when idle, i'm pretty sure this also means the CPU will be running a bit hotter.

The harddrive should be mounted right behind the blue rectangle (fan) labled "<40CFM".

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This is the box Matsp is talking about:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1...airflowzb5.jpg

That is where your harddisk is supposed to be.



Most laptops get 10-15 minutes extra battery time on Linux compared to Windows Vista, since Vista uses more CPU when idle, i'm pretty sure this also means the CPU will be running a bit hotter.

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Oh, below the cd drive....thanks.

yes it feels a bit hot but not very hot. and there are only two fans in there. First on the top of CPU and second at the back...:-O

Maybe it is time to add one - on the right side where the "40CFM" is written.

And make sure - the air is directed inside the case. While the one on the back (left side of the picture - under the Power supply) directs air out of the case

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below the cd drive

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If you can move hdd down to make more space between it and over drives like cd - it can help

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Maybe it is time to add one - on the right side where the "40CFM" is written.

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Ok, thank you everyone for your time :)


Manufacturer's fault.

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Manufacturer's fault.

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Not really - it's upto you what case you select, what power supply you need, what number of fans you ask to add... So if you are buying some basic configuration do not expect it will stand under hard stress conditions...

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Not really - it's up to you what case you select, what power supply you need, what number of fans you ask to add...

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... last I checked, Dell, Gateway, HP, and Acer don't really allow you to decide on that. Not everyone build their PCs...

Now, if he were to come back and say "I built this PC", then I would agree with your point. Even though, I don't know too many cases that don't mount the HDD rack in the right place...

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uh, I feel embarrassed to admit that I have never seen a HD before.

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http://images.google.com/images?q=%22hard+drive%22

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http://images.google.com/images?q=%22hard+drive%22

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Most of those pictures are pretty poor examples as you'll never see a harddrive with the platters exposed like that... not installed in a case, anyway.

But this is a genuine one:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...2522%26hl%3Den