Drive Temps reading wrong

[Zepher]

I just purchased a WD 250gig RE SATA drive and I think that Speed Fan (or the drive itself) is reporting incorrect temp readings.

When I first put the drive in it read 70*C while I was ghosting my OS drive to it, but I just had it sitting on the the DVD drive with an antistatic bag between them.
I figured the heat was due to no airflow under the drive.

Well, I mounted the drive and it is reading 58*C at bootup and then goes to about 65-70*C.
Now, my other drives are reading 34-38*C (total of 5 drives in the machine, it's the Net/Gaming machine in my sig) and the one that reads 38* is hotter to the touch than the WD RE which is reporting 65.

I replaced my 2 36gig SCSI cheetahs with this 250gig drive since I needed more OS space and the cheetahs ran very very hot, basically heating up the entire machine.

Anyone else have strange issues like this?

added pics of the machine I just took,

WD 250 RE is the one right above the PSU.

 

[linderman]

Hello:


I personally am not a big speedfan lover >>>> I like more precise temp readings than monitoring programs are going to give.

Here is my pet drive cooler (I am running three 74 gig 15,000 rpm cheetahs and these work !!) and they have a temp probe that gets an adhesive strip right to the drive body >>>>> so you KNOW thats accurate & for a mere $10.00 a piece >>>> they are well worth the gamble

http://www.circotech.com/yhst-15681...o-iii-hard-drive-cooler-hard-cano-disk-3.html

fwiw: most all manufacturer's state their max drive temp without failure is 55C >>>>> but I freak if I see one get above 35C

food for thought >>>>>> you have a beautiful system pack with tons of nice goodies and big dollar drives >>>>>> I personally would abandon that Antec 480 PSU (i am not trying to fire you up either) I have experienced several failures with Antec PSU's when loaded like you have >>>>> you must be damn close to the full power capabilities of that amperage >>>>> antec supplies are NOT good perfromers when held to the floor board.
dont forget >>>>> all PSU's must reduce the wattage sticker output by 30% >>>> unless you have a high quality unit >>>> they are 75-80% efficient
that means a 480 watt PSU is really capable of max sustained output of 336 watts ???
go to the power calc web site and calcualte your systems power needs
http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/ then add 30% to the output calculation


please be reminded >>>>> when a PSU takes a dive; its kinda like a kamakaze pilot >>>> it takes big dollar components with it >>>>>> I would sell off your currnet PSU on ebay and grab an enermax EG701-ax or the 620 liberty if you can swallow the pill
they are BOTH 80% efficient PSU's that's the real quality evaluator !!

i hope you dont interpret my info as insulting or whatever >>>>> it would be far easier on my behalf to say nothing and watch for your pleas of help later when trying to identify later what weird things are going on !! but your system is toooo nice to watch hit the wall

two cents worth
joe

 

[Zepher]

I didn't take your comments/advice as insulting. it's very informative.
After I bought the 7800GS card I started looking at PSU's but haven't decided on which one to get. I want something that is top quality, reliable, and reasonably priced.
When I get a new PSU, the 480 will go to the Video Editor as that only has an antec 330 I believe and has 4 hard drives in it.

btw, that drive cooler/monitor looks pretty decent, especially for only $10.00

 

[drizzt81]

The Seasonic PSUs are pretty nice, especially the SS series (http://www.80plus.org/). Nonetheless this is quite off-topic.

 

[linderman]

Drizz is quite correct the Seasonic PSU's are top quality without a doubt.

My top quality units which I would use without hesitation:

Enermax, Seasonic, Fortron, Zalman, Silverstone, PC Power & Cooling


for the system spec above; I would not adopt any less than 600 watts >>>> a PSU that is not burdened to its limit will deleiver very stable consistent power for many years >>>> not cheap though >>>> they will cost you just as much as one of those good Sata drives you got !! but their role within the computer system is equally as vital as the CPU and motherboard selection !!