[plug] Hard Disk Temp.

Garry bigbadbill at dingoblue.net.au
Sat Oct 6 12:20:43 WST 2001


If that is when it properly screwed in to a chassis, it is hot!
Be worth checking, high temps mean short life.


Garry

On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 02:55, Andrew Simmonds wrote:
> I was quite amazed the other day when I touched my seagate 7200 rpm hard
> drive and it actually burnt me. I'm estimating it to be around 70-80
> degrees celcius. (Its also under quite a heavy load sometimes)
> 
> 
> What temp should hard disks be usually operating at?
> 
> 
> 





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