Hi!
> I was running some avg file in my virtual pc
> while surfing the net on the host pc and noticed
> temps running up to 129 F but after the avg
> stopped scanning and closing down the virtual
> pc, temps backed down now to 127 F.
> Either way, never saw this temp ever on any
> laptop pc tho this is the first seagate 7200
> rpm I owned.
> Specs tell me that operating temp is good to
> 140 F so I'm not worried yet
> Anyone ever see their drives run this hot in
> the laptops?
The cooler you can keep anything, the longer it is going to last.
However, most laptops don't provide either a fan or air pathway to
help cool the hard drive.
A 5400 RPM Fujitsu drive in my Latitude D800 usually stays between
115-132 degrees depending upon what it is doing. It is cooler at idle.
I see similar temperature measurements from my other laptop drives and
this one has been running fine since March 2005 without incident. The
SMART data on this drive is also good.
Virtual PC will work a hard disk fairly hard.
Seagate does a very good job of keeping specifications online for
their drives, even if you have a very old one. On their support site
is a field you can put the model number into, and it will take you to
a page about the drive with information. Speaking of, here's more than
you probably ever wanted to know about your drive:
http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/s...100451238d.pdf
William
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