Just installed a new SSD in optical bay. Something smells hot.

[RmeNayv]

I have a Lenovo C560 all in one. I just installed a 250gb EVO 850 in the optical bay planning to move OS and a few program to it. As I was writing recovery partition to a thumb drive something was smelling pretty hot.

I know SSDs are supposed to produce almost no heat and that they use little power but is it possible I am stressing my power supply with the extra disk, even after removing the CD drive?

Is there a way for me to get the numbers on this meaning the PSU and the load pulled by the SSD and formally the Optical drive? Am I just paranoid, do SSDs nned to break in, does copying the partition dress the HDD?

Any advice would be nice. I'd really like to keep this drive.I just reinstalled Speccy, I was clearing the drive. It has been a few minutes but all the Temps look fine now/

35w CPU @49 C
HDD @43c
SSD@ 37 C

How do I look up the power limits on an OEM board that is different from manufacture (intel) specs.

Thanks

 

[ingtar33]

SSDs use like 3W of power; with is like 1/10 the power a hard drive uses, and 1/10 the power a dvd drive uses.

so no, it's not stressing your psu. frankly a 12V fan could draw more power then an SSD.

as to the burning smell, i don't know what to tell you. no, SSDs don't have a burn in, and while they can get a little warm, to call them hot would be incorrect. so i'm not sure what to tell you.

 

[RmeNayv]

SSDs use like 3W of power; with is like 1/10 the power a hard drive uses, and 1/10 the power a dvd drive uses.

so no, it's not stressing your psu. frankly a 12V fan could draw more power then an SSD.

as to the burning smell, i don't know what to tell you. no, SSDs don't have a burn in, and while they can get a little warm, to call them hot would be incorrect. so i'm not sure what to tell you.

Yeah, I knew the consumption was low but if those numbers are right there is no way it is what I smell.

Just realized that I only ever used the optical drive once. Maybe it is just from the connection being new?

 

[ingtar33]

SSDs use like 3W of power; with is like 1/10 the power a hard drive uses, and 1/10 the power a dvd drive uses.

so no, it's not stressing your psu. frankly a 12V fan could draw more power then an SSD.

as to the burning smell, i don't know what to tell you. no, SSDs don't have a burn in, and while they can get a little warm, to call them hot would be incorrect. so i'm not sure what to tell you.

Yeah, I knew the consumption was low but if those numbers are right there is no way it is what I smell.

Just realized that I only ever used the optical drive once. Maybe it is just from the connection being new?

i don't know. typically burning smells are bad news. i suggest you try to find the source.

and yes, those power consumption numbers are pretty accurate... I think the actual wattage is something like

SSD: 1.5W-3W (depending on model and activity level)
HD: ~30W (somewhere around there... plus or minus 5W)
DVD: 15W-40W (depending on make/model and capabilities/activity)

 

[RmeNayv]

SSDs use like 3W of power; with is like 1/10 the power a hard drive uses, and 1/10 the power a dvd drive uses.

so no, it's not stressing your psu. frankly a 12V fan could draw more power then an SSD.

as to the burning smell, i don't know what to tell you. no, SSDs don't have a burn in, and while they can get a little warm, to call them hot would be incorrect. so i'm not sure what to tell you.

Yeah, I knew the consumption was low but if those numbers are right there is no way it is what I smell.

Just realized that I only ever used the optical drive once. Maybe it is just from the connection being new?

i don't know. typically burning smells are bad news. i suggest you try to find the source.

and yes, those power consumption numbers are pretty accurate... I think the actual wattage is something like

SSD: 1.5W-3W (depending on model and activity level)
HD: ~30W (somewhere around there... plus or minus 5W)
DVD: 15W-40W (depending on make/model and capabilities/activity)

Alright, thanks.