On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 16:17 +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM > > 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. > > > > This seems a bit too warm for my liking. > > > > Are these 'normal' running temperatures for these ATA 7200 RPM disks? > > > > Cheers, Dave > > Those temperatures seem a bit high for comfort. Try a fan or similar - > I've got 4 Maxtor 6E040L0's with a fan in front of 'em and hddtemp > reports 26-29 degrees C (These particular disks are known to run fairly > cool, so for yours I'd look for temperatures in the 30-39 range).
My Maxtor 6Y120P0: 30 C (ATA drive - no fan - all open boxes) Maxtor SATA 200GB: 31 C (same open box) -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
