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Notebook HDD overheat
« on: May 16, 2013, 09:54:57 am »
I just brought lenovo z580. Its HDD got around 53 Celsius when download torrent, around 50 when idle. I brought cooling pad but temp are still high. Any suggestion?
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2013, 10:22:58 am »
I just brought lenovo z580. Its HDD got around 53 Celsius when download torrent, around 50 when idle. I brought cooling pad but temp are still high. Any suggestion?
From a fast google search, it looks like it is normal on that model. As long as the temp doesn't go beyond 55ยบ C, you should be fine. Since you just *bought it, there should be no dust problems, I assume.

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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2013, 10:28:29 am »
Thats not really an unsafe temperature for HDD's
Lookup the model and search for its normal operating temps.

Are you running windows ?

You brought or bought ?
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2013, 10:46:31 am »
Nothing wrong, just an uncooled HDD. And it's a notebook afterall, these things get hot.

Just be sure to not do intesive tasks while killing the ventilation, that might burn things xD
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2013, 10:50:33 am »
Yep, I am running windows, and sorry for misspell word. Is it really normal? I mean my cooling pad has dual 140mm fan running at 1200 rpm(Strongest one i can find in tech shop) and the notebook is still that hot (Btw cpu and  gpu don't have heat problem).


Edit: I bought notebook for demanding application like Photoshop and Matlab.
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2013, 10:52:36 am »
I mean my cooling pad has dual 140mm fan running at 1200 rpm(Strongest one i can find in tech shop) and the notebook is still that hot (Btw cpu and  gpu don't have heat problem).
IMO and experience, cooling pads were never very effective.

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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2013, 10:55:43 am »
Yep, I am running windows, and sorry for misspell word. Is it really normal? I mean my cooling pad has dual 140mm fan running at 1200 rpm(Strongest one i can find in tech shop) and the notebook is still that hot (Btw cpu and  gpu don't have heat problem).


Edit: I bought notebook for demanding application like Photoshop and Matlab.

Lookup the model of the drive and search for operation temperatures.
On winblows I have no idea, for linux you can set aggresive spindowns etc etc.
Which could potentially drasticly decrease temps.
But who uses windows anyway :P

I tweaked my laptop so that I have about 150% of the battery life compared to windows and lower operation temperatures.
Suck that winblows7
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2013, 10:59:11 am »
Yep, I am running windows, and sorry for misspell word. Is it really normal? I mean my cooling pad has dual 140mm fan running at 1200 rpm(Strongest one i can find in tech shop) and the notebook is still that hot (Btw cpu and  gpu don't have heat problem).


Edit: I bought notebook for demanding application like Photoshop and Matlab.
It's not a heat problem FFS. As stated on the forums of lenovo it's an uncooled HDD not placed near a vent or heat pipe. 50 celcius is really nothing for a computer.
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2013, 11:04:25 am »
Yeah, win7 suck but I need it to run windows stuff app(like photoshop and autocad). Btw palm rest really heat up.
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Re: Notebook HDD overheat
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2013, 11:06:00 am »
Yeah, win7 suck but I need it to run windows stuff app(like photoshop and autocad). Btw palm rest really heat up.

I undertand.
Yeah warm palms is very very very annoying.
I always hook up a keyboard and mouse for this reason.
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