Western Digital drives - cut out due to heat

[paddlegod]

Hi All,

Has anyone had a Western Digital drive cut out, power down or loose comms due to heat? The SATA RAID s/w (ULi 1573) reports that the drive has been hot-plugged.

The drive is a bog standard 7200rpm 160GB SATA drive, not a Raptor.

[Zub]

Just to clarify, do you know what hot-plugged means? I cant tell if you think it has something to do with heat or not?

[rajagra]

Reseat the SATA cable and make sure it's secure.
"Hot plugged" means plugged in or disconnected while the system is still powered on (i.e. "hot".)

(... Now, have I been pwned by a troll?)

[YorkieBen]

hot plugging means it has been unplugged when the pc is switched on (okay for Sata) - a sata cable may have fallen out

[Dougal]

Due to excessive heat

Go Pyle! DO what you must do to extinguish the fire!

[darrensen]

rofle!

Didnt you ask about downloading memory?

LOL Classic thread. Funniest request ive seen in a forum!!!

[paddlegod]

Just to clarify, yes I do know what is meant by hot plugged (ie disconnected while powered up). I want to know if anybody has had a harddrive power down on them when its got too hot.

Also, does S.M.A.R.T. monitoring have anything to do with it? would the BIOS power down a drive if the temp was detected as getting too high? SMART does support temperature readings.

[Dougal]

SMART can shut the drives down when they go above 65C i believe. As thats the reccomended temp.

I never have hard drives without a fan in front of them, not worth the risk.

[paddlegod]

Pyle,

Thanks for the link, excellent little utility. The two HDDs are in a SFF case and don't have air flow on them.