Bill in Co. wrote:
> philo wrote:
>> "Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ol%23OuOz3IHA.3480@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Running Win XP pro SP2
>>>
>>> I installed a Maxtor SATA 500 GB hard drive in my 7 year old computer,
>>> using
>>> an IDE/SATA controller. Its running fine.
>>>
>>> However, it runs quite a bit warmer (hotter) than my 80 GB IDE hard
>>> drive. I
>>> cannot touch it for more than 5 seconds, without letting go.
>>>
>>> Is this high temp normal for a big hard drive? Is the temp of a drive
>>> depending on the size of the drive?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> Hi temperature is definitely a problem...
>>
>> be sure there is enough space around the drive for air flow...
>> and a cooling fan may help.
>
> The fact that he can't touch it for more than 5 seconds sounds pretty bad!
> Maybe it's a defective unit. Surely these HDs can't get THAT hot normally
> (even without a fan), can they (I mean, without being defective)?
>
>
My first hard drive (a 40 MB unit) failed this way. It worked fine
unless I used the drive solidly for a couple of hours when it totally
corrupted the drive. After it cooled it seemed to be fine and could be
reformatted an DOS reinstalled.