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John Doue
Flightless Bird
This is not exactly related to laptops, but the issue is not dependent
on the type of machine.
On an Acer mini-desktop (Acer L100), the issue of HD temperature is
widely documented, even if to my knowledge, no-one claimed it caused a
HD to fail. Writing this on one of those machine, HD Tune shows 56C,
which is really border-line.
Since I like those machine for the balance cost-performance-desk real
estate-noise they offer, I ended up owning several of them.
Now, the issue: alarmed by these HD temperatures, I initially thought,
which made sense, that they were caused by insufficient ventilation. I
tried running the machine without covers, no significant change (NSC)
I then tried to run the same machine with the HD out of the box: NSC.
Going one step further, I bought a 2.5 HD (the original is 3.5) of same
capacity, loaded it, installed it, and what do you guess: NSC.
And believe me, HD Tune is not making this up: I easily ascertained
those temperatures were for real.
Now, I also own an Acer L480. Same looks, same box, same power supply,
but two fans instead of one. Same disk. And it runs cool!
Given the above, I do not believe the two fans setup fully explains the
difference.
Is it conceivable that actually, the HD controller might be the culprit
here?
It sounds far fetched, but what do guys think?
PS: Although I love those machines, the fact that, heat or not, their
motherboards systematically fail after some months, and if you are
lucky, some years, has not escaped me! I always have one or two machines
ready to go!
Of course, this is no match for Bill's inventory, but still ... !
--
John Doue
on the type of machine.
On an Acer mini-desktop (Acer L100), the issue of HD temperature is
widely documented, even if to my knowledge, no-one claimed it caused a
HD to fail. Writing this on one of those machine, HD Tune shows 56C,
which is really border-line.
Since I like those machine for the balance cost-performance-desk real
estate-noise they offer, I ended up owning several of them.
Now, the issue: alarmed by these HD temperatures, I initially thought,
which made sense, that they were caused by insufficient ventilation. I
tried running the machine without covers, no significant change (NSC)
I then tried to run the same machine with the HD out of the box: NSC.
Going one step further, I bought a 2.5 HD (the original is 3.5) of same
capacity, loaded it, installed it, and what do you guess: NSC.
And believe me, HD Tune is not making this up: I easily ascertained
those temperatures were for real.
Now, I also own an Acer L480. Same looks, same box, same power supply,
but two fans instead of one. Same disk. And it runs cool!
Given the above, I do not believe the two fans setup fully explains the
difference.
Is it conceivable that actually, the HD controller might be the culprit
here?
It sounds far fetched, but what do guys think?
PS: Although I love those machines, the fact that, heat or not, their
motherboards systematically fail after some months, and if you are
lucky, some years, has not escaped me! I always have one or two machines
ready to go!
Of course, this is no match for Bill's inventory, but still ... !
--
John Doue