Good Temps

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by SciManAl@8 December 2003 - 09:11
cold metal... like concrete after a cold night... dstays cold for some time.. or like being in da shade... things get colder than ambient...

That can't be it. Abu said his was 19C after his PC was on for a long time. He also said that ambient was around 25C.

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+6 December 2003 - 23:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power @ 6 December 2003 - 23:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by clocker@6 December 2003 - 23:03

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@6 December 2003 - 21:01
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@6 December 2003 - 22:55
And that you have a low temp of 13C. in the morning?

yep. that&#39;s wat my temp was this morning

I hope you have nice warm jammies...

no, my room was around 24-26 this morning [/b][/quote]
Also, look at the huge temp difference in the morning. 13C HD while 24-26 ambient.

[clocker]

VB, frankly I am baffled.

I just removed my sidepanel, undid the HDD from it&#39;s mount ( I&#39;m testing a different layout anyway...what a surprise&#33 and ran it laying OUTSIDE the case altogether.
Then I arranged two 80 mm fans to blow directly on it.

Try as I might, I CANNOT get that thing to drop BELOW ambient.

Perhaps I need to move to a different universe...

Edit: I&#39;m going to try removing my heatpipe cooler and see what happens...perhaps that is doing a better job of retaining heat than dissipating it...

[Virtualbody1234]

It&#39;s not worth putting any effort into it, clocker.

No matter how many fans you put, it won&#39;t go below ambient.

There is something called the laws of nature. Physics or something unimportant like that that will prevent it.

Your heatpipe is not the cause.

[clocker]

Originally posted by SciManAl@8 December 2003 - 07:11
cold metal... like concrete after a cold night... dstays cold for some time.. or like being in da shade... things get colder than ambient...

Al, your analogy is faulty.

Concrete can be cooler than the air above it because it is in contact with something much colder, namely the ground that it sits on.
Furthermore, the mass of metal in a HDD is not all that great, it should respond to ambient air temp quite quickly, especially if it is not running.
We know that the HDD generates heat- if it&#39;s spinning at 7200rpm it has to, so where is this heat going?

I wonder how SMART technology derives it&#39;s temp readings?
I suspect that it is measuring a diode or something, much like a motherboard.
I wonder if Abu&#39;s cooler fan setup is artificially skewing the readings.

I&#39;m off to find an answer....

[DWk]

sweet physics class&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Virtualbody1234]

Originally posted by clocker+8 December 2003 - 13:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 8 December 2003 - 13:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SciManAl@8 December 2003 - 07:11
cold metal...&nbsp; like concrete after a cold night... dstays cold for some time.. or like being in da shade...&nbsp; things get colder than ambient...

Al, your analogy is faulty.

Concrete can be cooler than the air above it because it is in contact with something much colder, namely the ground that it sits on.
Furthermore, the mass of metal in a HDD is not all that great, it should respond to ambient air temp quite quickly, especially if it is not running.
We know that the HDD generates heat- if it&#39;s spinning at 7200rpm it has to, so where is this heat going?

I wonder how SMART technology derives it&#39;s temp readings?
I suspect that it is measuring a diode or something, much like a motherboard.
I wonder if Abu&#39;s cooler fan setup is artificially skewing the readings.

I&#39;m off to find an answer.... [/b][/quote]
Perhaps we have misinformation. The diode could also be faulty.

[abu_has_the_power]

the loym is in another universe. lol

[johnboy27]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234+8 December 2003 - 19:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Virtualbody1234 @ 8 December 2003 - 19:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by clocker@8 December 2003 - 13:01
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@8 December 2003 - 07:11
cold metal... like concrete after a cold night... dstays cold for some time.. or like being in da shade... things get colder than ambient...

Al, your analogy is faulty.

Concrete can be cooler than the air above it because it is in contact with something much colder, namely the ground that it sits on.
Furthermore, the mass of metal in a HDD is not all that great, it should respond to ambient air temp quite quickly, especially if it is not running.
We know that the HDD generates heat- if it&#39;s spinning at 7200rpm it has to, so where is this heat going?

I wonder how SMART technology derives it&#39;s temp readings?
I suspect that it is measuring a diode or something, much like a motherboard.
I wonder if Abu&#39;s cooler fan setup is artificially skewing the readings.

I&#39;m off to find an answer....

Perhaps we have misinformation. The diode could also be faulty. [/b][/quote]
BINGO&#33;&#33;&#33; I was thinking it may have something to do with the fact that it is a Maxtor drive.They don&#39;t exactly have a really good reputation.It is impossible for the fan to blow warm air onto the drive and make it run cooler than the air actually is.The most fluctuation I have ever seen was my drive being 1-2 degrees cooler than my room temp.

[abu_has_the_power]

wat u mean they don&#39;t have a good reputation? they work perfectly fine for me. been using them since 1996