Hard Drive target temperature?

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I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.

Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.

What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
drives, what I should set the temperature to.

What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?

Thanks!

 

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"fsda" <Sh@fdafd.fds> wrote in message
news:Xns965CCF6D0AE2FShfdafdfds@66.75.169.13...
>I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.
>
> Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.
>
> What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
> drives, what I should set the temperature to.
>
> What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?
>
> Thanks!

Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.

You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.

You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Links+index-req-viewlink-cid-19.html

On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.

I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
are rated to work up to 55C.

 

[Rick]

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"Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Qs-dnavK5_yKMRPfRVn-pg@comcast.com...
> "fsda" <Sh@fdafd.fds> wrote in message
> news:Xns965CCF6D0AE2FShfdafdfds@66.75.169.13...
> >I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.
> >
> > Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.
> >
> > What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
> > drives, what I should set the temperature to.
> >
> > What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.
>
> You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.
>
> You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
> http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Links+index-req-viewlink-cid-19.html
>
> On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.
>
> I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
> are rated to work up to 55C.

I used to work in a hard drive qualification lab (for file
servers), and 40C was also our target temp -- regardless
of ratings on the disks.

 

[Rob]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Rick wrote:
> "Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Qs-dnavK5_yKMRPfRVn-pg@comcast.com...
>
>>"fsda" <Sh@fdafd.fds> wrote in message
>>news:Xns965CCF6D0AE2FShfdafdfds@66.75.169.13...
>>
>>>I have an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, and a loaded case and system.
>>>
>>>Besides the motherboard fan controller(s), my case can control 3 fans.
>>>
>>>What I don't know is, if I attach one of the case thermocouples to my hard
>>>drives, what I should set the temperature to.
>>>
>>>What should be my target temperature for the hard drive surface?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>Some drives with SMART technology have built in temperature probes.
>>
>>You can read the temps with Speedfan or DTemp software.
>>
>>You can download the above mentioned software at this link:
>>http://www.silentpcreview.com/Web_Links+index-req-viewlink-cid-19.html
>>
>>On my A8N-E, SMART must first be enabled in the bios setup.
>>
>>I would shoot for about 40C as the upper limit on disk temps, however most
>>are rated to work up to 55C.
>
>
> I used to work in a hard drive qualification lab (for file
> servers), and 40C was also our target temp -- regardless
> of ratings on the disks.
>
>

Sounds sensible - the Seagate SATA drives I have frequently get *very*
hot and that's in an open case with plenty of space between them. No
active cooling but may be an idea.

Rob