Hi I recently bought a SSD and installed the Windows in there as local drive C while leaving the old HDD (merged old local drives) as D. But now HDD temperature is considerably higher than before installing SSD. It was at 36-37 when not playing games, now its 39-40 when just surfing the internet. I really don't get it, Windows is on SSD and HDD is united as one local drive. It should have been cooler than before. It has been 1 week and still the same. What could be the cause for that?
Heating in HDD after installing SSD
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Boogieman_WD
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Hey there, mrcrane.
Perhaps the SSD might be blocking some of the airflow, but I wouldn't say that 3 degrees higher temperature is considerably higher. It's quite normal and in my opinion you have nothing to worry about. Most hard drives have a maximum operating temperature of 60C. If you are worried that there might be something wrong the drive, you can go ahead and test it with an HDD diagnostic tool, but everything seems to be OK.
Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
Perhaps the SSD might be blocking some of the airflow, but I wouldn't say that 3 degrees higher temperature is considerably higher. It's quite normal and in my opinion you have nothing to worry about. Most hard drives have a maximum operating temperature of 60C. If you are worried that there might be something wrong the drive, you can go ahead and test it with an HDD diagnostic tool, but everything seems to be OK.
Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
Thank you for your kind answer.
Actually hard drive corruption happenned to me once (thankfully I noticed it early) so now I am very cautious about hdd temperature besides my computer six years old. The Smart data from HD Tune looks fine but I don't know I cleaned the inside of the case, cpu, gpu fans. There is a fair space between HDD and SSD etc. But the case is very small, cables are so messy, maybe it's because of that. But this new idle temperature is that earlier temp. during the computer was fully loaded. Hope nothing is wrong, thanks again.
HD Tune: WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 Health
ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 200 51 0 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 140 138 21 3991 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 0 1903 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 200 200 140 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 100 253 0 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 90 90 0 7884 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1891 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 200 200 0 128 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 200 200 0 1774 Ok
(C2) Temperature 104 96 0 39 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 1 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 200 200 0 0 Ok
Power On Time : 7884
Health Status : Ok
Actually hard drive corruption happenned to me once (thankfully I noticed it early) so now I am very cautious about hdd temperature besides my computer six years old. The Smart data from HD Tune looks fine but I don't know I cleaned the inside of the case, cpu, gpu fans. There is a fair space between HDD and SSD etc. But the case is very small, cables are so messy, maybe it's because of that. But this new idle temperature is that earlier temp. during the computer was fully loaded. Hope nothing is wrong, thanks again.
HD Tune: WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0 Health
ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 200 51 0 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 140 138 21 3991 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 0 1903 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 200 200 140 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 100 253 0 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 90 90 0 7884 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1891 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 200 200 0 128 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 200 200 0 1774 Ok
(C2) Temperature 104 96 0 39 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 1 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 200 200 0 0 Ok
Power On Time : 7884
Health Status : Ok
Boogieman_WD
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It really sounds like you take good care of your system, which is awesome. And as you've mentioned the SMART data seems to be fine. However no matter how reliable or in how good condition a drive might be, if you have valuable data on it - you should always have it backed up somewhere else. This is a golden rule when it comes to important information.
The bottom line is this. Judging from the information I have, I think that the drive is fine. However, if you are still worried about it, you can scan it for errors with DLG (Data Lifeguard), since it's a WD drive and see if anything out of the ordinary pops-up. You can run both Quick and Extended tests: How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows.
Please let me know if anything else comes up.
The bottom line is this. Judging from the information I have, I think that the drive is fine. However, if you are still worried about it, you can scan it for errors with DLG (Data Lifeguard), since it's a WD drive and see if anything out of the ordinary pops-up. You can run both Quick and Extended tests: How to test a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows.
Please let me know if anything else comes up.
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