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    Question Why is my new storage SSD repeatedly heating up while idle?

    I installed it in the conventional correct position for an SSD, using mounting screws. It sits above the HDDs on a metal rack plate, one side up, the other facing and screwed to the metal. I replaced an old SSD from the same position using the same connectors for power and to the board...
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    Question Why is my new storage SSD repeatedly heating up while idle?

    I installed a new ‘Kingspec P3–4TB’ SSD into my PC. This is not the system disk, but only a storage drive. While idling, with no reads or writes to the SSD, the temperature rises from 44 up to 60+ Celsius. After 10 or 15 minutes, the temperature drops down to 44 Celsius again. Then about every...