HDD Temperature Monitor

hooloovoo · January 14th, 2006

Hey, newly registered but have been a reader for a long time. Hope to be here a while too

.

Right, I am wondering if anyone knows of a decent hard disk temperature monitor (software). In particular, I need it to be one that can monitor the temp of a disk inside a USB2 enclosure. Not sure if this is even possible as I'm not sure if the USB enclosures support SMART (couldn't find it in the documentation).

I'm using 2 NexStar 3's and one of them gets much hotter than the other. Even while idling the 2nd disk is hotter than the 1st at high load. I don't really think its at a dangerous temp, but I wanted to keep on eye on it just to make sure.

If it helps: Vantec NexStar 3 (model no: NST-360-U2-BL)

Thanks in advance

**hushypushy** · January 14th, 2006

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Hey, newly registered but have been a reader for a long time. Hope to be here a while too .

good, we need more regulars

anyway, to your question, i'd suggest SpeedFan or MBM5 (motherboard monitor). i think that's what you're asking for, right?

hooloovoo · January 14th, 2006

Thanks for the suggestion. Tried MBM before, and just tried SpeedFan. Though both I guess do their jobs well enough, neither seem to be support usb disks.

Any others that might?

Mad · January 14th, 2006

Try everest.
Although they stop their free version, you could try both versions, the old one and the newest.

a_en · January 14th, 2006

Ever tried HDDlife? dunno if it's support usb HD.

Btw i have question here. i have 3 HDD ( 7200RPM ) installed ( stacked in a row ) on my pc . with temp about 45 celcius - 50~. it's safe to have temp like that.?

hooloovoo · January 14th, 2006

That sounds a little hot to me. Maybe not dangerous but certainly hotter than ideal. I have two installed inside the case and they never get above 30. Try stacking them apart.

GCFreak · January 14th, 2006

Bah not hot at all, I've had a HDD running over 50*C and it still ran stable. Not using it now because I have a new SATA Hdd.

Mad · January 14th, 2006

mine run around 44 idle 50 working, it depends where you live...

hooloovoo · January 15th, 2006

Well thanks for the suggestions, but none of the ones I tried seemed to support USB disks or enclosures. Thanks anyway, but I guess I'll just have to live with it.

a_en · January 16th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Mad

mine run around 44 idle 50 working, it depends where you live...

can't do anything with it . as we live with hot tropic weather. it's hot everyday (32~celc)

Mad · January 16th, 2006

here the same weather 30~32 celsius.

hooloovoo · January 16th, 2006

Well around this time of year the weather is usually about 5c max

(I like it that way). Even in the summer average doesn't go much above 20.

a_en · January 17th, 2006

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Originally Posted by hooloovoo

Well around this time of year the weather is usually about 5c max

(I like it that way). Even in the summer average doesn't go much above 20.

then, you don't need about over heating again. mine cpu could go mad to ~70 celsius

( blowed using desk fan ), at hottest day. but at coolest night it would calm down to ~60 celsius at full load

. ( my cpu : prescott 2.8ghz, using stock fan, running this for a year now. )

January 14th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
hooloovoo Craptastical Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 145	HDD Temperature Monitor Hey, newly registered but have been a reader for a long time. Hope to be here a while too . Right, I am wondering if anyone knows of a decent hard disk temperature monitor (software). In particular, I need it to be one that can monitor the temp of a disk inside a USB2 enclosure. Not sure if this is even possible as I'm not sure if the USB enclosures support SMART (couldn't find it in the documentation). I'm using 2 NexStar 3's and one of them gets much hotter than the other. Even while idling the 2nd disk is hotter than the 1st at high load. I don't really think its at a dangerous temp, but I wanted to keep on eye on it just to make sure. If it helps: Vantec NexStar 3 (model no: NST-360-U2-BL) Thanks in advance Last edited by hooloovoo; January 14th, 2006 at 01:19.

January 14th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	Try everest. Although they stop their free version, you could try both versions, the old one and the newest. __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

January 14th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
GCFreak Don't come on that often Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 284	Bah not hot at all, I've had a HDD running over 50C and it still ran stable. Not using it now because I have a new SATA Hdd. __________________ Main PC* AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.7GHz \| 2GB DDR2-800 \| ASUS M2N-SLI \| 2x Albatron GeForce 8500 GT 256MB \| Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 \| Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers \| 450W Power Supply \| Fedora 9 (predominantly) \| Windows XP Pro SP3

January 14th, 2006	#8 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	mine run around 44 idle 50 working, it depends where you live... __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

January 15th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
hooloovoo Craptastical Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 145	Well thanks for the suggestions, but none of the ones I tried seemed to support USB disks or enclosures. Thanks anyway, but I guess I'll just have to live with it. __________________ OS : Windows XP Pro SP2 CPU: Intel P4 2.8GHz HT 800MHz FSB RAM: 2048MB DDR 3200 HDD: 1xMaxtor 250GB, 1xSeagate 200GB, 1xWD 200GB, etc GFX: NVidia GeForce FX5950u 256MB

January 14th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
hooloovoo Craptastical Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 145	Thanks for the suggestion. Tried MBM before, and just tried SpeedFan. Though both I guess do their jobs well enough, neither seem to be support usb disks. Any others that might?

January 14th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
a_en Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 190	Ever tried HDDlife? dunno if it's support usb HD. Btw i have question here. i have 3 HDD ( 7200RPM ) installed ( stacked in a row ) on my pc . with temp about 45 celcius - 50~. it's safe to have temp like that.?

January 14th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
hooloovoo Craptastical Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 145	That sounds a little hot to me. Maybe not dangerous but certainly hotter than ideal. I have two installed inside the case and they never get above 30. Try stacking them apart.

January 16th, 2006	#11 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	here the same weather 30~32 celsius. __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

January 16th, 2006	#12 (permalink)
hooloovoo Craptastical Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 145	Well around this time of year the weather is usually about 5c max (I like it that way). Even in the summer average doesn't go much above 20. __________________ OS : Windows XP Pro SP2 CPU: Intel P4 2.8GHz HT 800MHz FSB RAM: 2048MB DDR 3200 HDD: 1xMaxtor 250GB, 1xSeagate 200GB, 1xWD 200GB, etc GFX: NVidia GeForce FX5950u 256MB

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