I just bought a Toshiba 6TB Canvio Desk 7200rpm, an external HDD.
I started a massive transfer about 3 hours ago when the HDD was at 23ºC (I use HD Tune PRO). But only 1h30m later it was already at 49ºC, and it actually reached 55ºC about 20min later, still with the tendency of increasing! I immediately disconnected the HDD, even though the HDD itself seemed to be alright, with the transfer and all...
I'm getting worried... None of my previous external HDD have reached such temperatures (two are Toshiba and two are WD), even after several hours of data transfer; usually around 38ºC to 41ºC and stabilizing at that value, but NEVER 55ºC after less than two hours!
I'm using it horizontally (Toshiba states this HDD can operate either vertically oh horizontally), I even elevated it with a Rubik's cube to gain more ventilation room (about 2,5") between the desk and the underbody cooling inlets/outlets.
I even got my fathers old Kalorik Type 5830 portable fan (http://www.ebay.es/itm/Kalorik-fan-i...-/221972863114) which still works perfectly and throws a nice flow of cold air, but that doesn't seem to affect the HDD rising temperatures very much...
Should I get some sort of external fans? Are 7200rpm just too much for external casings without internal fan? Should I return it to the store and get the WD 6TB from somewhere else instead?... Not to mention the great problem with HDD failures is retrieving the data inside without voiding the warranty...
I started a massive transfer about 3 hours ago when the HDD was at 23ºC (I use HD Tune PRO). But only 1h30m later it was already at 49ºC, and it actually reached 55ºC about 20min later, still with the tendency of increasing! I immediately disconnected the HDD, even though the HDD itself seemed to be alright, with the transfer and all...
I'm getting worried... None of my previous external HDD have reached such temperatures (two are Toshiba and two are WD), even after several hours of data transfer; usually around 38ºC to 41ºC and stabilizing at that value, but NEVER 55ºC after less than two hours!
I'm using it horizontally (Toshiba states this HDD can operate either vertically oh horizontally), I even elevated it with a Rubik's cube to gain more ventilation room (about 2,5") between the desk and the underbody cooling inlets/outlets.
I even got my fathers old Kalorik Type 5830 portable fan (http://www.ebay.es/itm/Kalorik-fan-i...-/221972863114) which still works perfectly and throws a nice flow of cold air, but that doesn't seem to affect the HDD rising temperatures very much...
Should I get some sort of external fans? Are 7200rpm just too much for external casings without internal fan? Should I return it to the store and get the WD 6TB from somewhere else instead?... Not to mention the great problem with HDD failures is retrieving the data inside without voiding the warranty...