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I posted this message on dell forums
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I just took delivery of this system, supplied with a 80g maxtor hd
While testing I used a S.M.A.R.T. utility to check the drive temperature.
With little or no disk activity the drive temperature is between
48c-50c, heavy disk activity drives the temperature up to 57c
Maxtor specifies a maximum temperature of 55c for this drive.
Now this is with only one drive installed in the drive slots. With
additonal drives installed, the heat problem will only be worse. It is
cool here because of the time of year. on another computer I have, drive
temperatures are around 32c this time of year but in the summer they can
be as high as 39c
Looking inside the case, the drive is mounted toward the front of the
computer and covered by a green plastic shroud. the front of drive slots
appear to be open to the large grill on the front of the computer.
There is no fan forcing airflow over the drives. Unless there is a
problem with my computer, as far as I am concerned, this is poor design.
As I have mentioned, this concerns me.
comments or suggestions ??
I posted this message on dell forums
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I just took delivery of this system, supplied with a 80g maxtor hd
While testing I used a S.M.A.R.T. utility to check the drive temperature.
With little or no disk activity the drive temperature is between
48c-50c, heavy disk activity drives the temperature up to 57c
Maxtor specifies a maximum temperature of 55c for this drive.
Now this is with only one drive installed in the drive slots. With
additonal drives installed, the heat problem will only be worse. It is
cool here because of the time of year. on another computer I have, drive
temperatures are around 32c this time of year but in the summer they can
be as high as 39c
Looking inside the case, the drive is mounted toward the front of the
computer and covered by a green plastic shroud. the front of drive slots
appear to be open to the large grill on the front of the computer.
There is no fan forcing airflow over the drives. Unless there is a
problem with my computer, as far as I am concerned, this is poor design.
As I have mentioned, this concerns me.
comments or suggestions ??