hdd overheating?

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hello everyone.

one of my network computers has 2 hdds, performing regular backups on each other every 2 nights.

one of the hdds is a western digital caviar blue, and it's been occasionally disappearing from the system. once or twice a week, it just isn't seen by the OS (w server 08) anymore. if I just reboot bios doesn't detect it either. I have to turn if off for about 15 minutes before turning it back on again, and then I'm ok for anther couple of days.

I've ran about 3 hd test software (WinDLG, HDD Health, SeaTools) and none of them detected any type of problem, including tempreature. but speenfan shows a temperature of 47-48 C, and it seems to me a bit high. besides, the 15 minute cool off period points in that direction.

can it be anything else, any other tests I should run? should I just get a HDD cooler and I'm good, or would be safer if I got another HDD? this one is just under 2 years out of a 3 year warranty.

thanks in advance!
 
47-48C is a bit on the high side, but those temps are perfectly fine for hard drives. You could put a fan to blow on the drives, but I wouldnt worry about it unless your drives are coming near 60C under load.
 
thanks, dydx.

I'm lost, then. what else could be causing the drive to just disappear every once in a while? there's often corrupt data when I turn it back on...
 
More likely the HDD controller (PCB on the HDD), or the SATA controller (chipset) is giving out.
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You could flash the BIOS to it's newest version and installing the newest chipset drivers. Worth a shot.
 
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