55C HDD.....

HI Tech Team i have a dell inspiron 4000, and i installed SpeedFan from Cnet.com too see why my pc was so hot and its saying HDO is at 55C and Temp1 is 25C im guessing Temp1 is my CPU temp, and the HDO is my hard drive temp, old computer can anybody help me come up with a positive solution? Thanks Lance

critical hard drive temps are usually around 60 to 65c, where manufacturers build in auto shutdown of drives, would need exact specs of the drive to get a data sheet on it tho.

55c is on the hot side, and not sure if that's normal for a laptop, never owned one, but think 50c and below is.

biggest problem with old laptops is a build up of dust inside so first thing i'd do is give it a good blow out with some compressed air to get rid of any dust that might be in there, restricting the airflow and raising temps.
follow instructions on the can and be VERY careful of any fans, you can break them just by blowing air directly at them.

also i'd use at least 2 different temp programs just to check the readings being given are correct.



this is a pdf link to wd thermal monitoring that you might find interesting:- http://www.wdc.com/en/library/other/2579-850122.pdf

Speedfan is a good program, but like most 3rd party HW monitors, they don't always put the right label to sensor. I would think the 55°C is your CPU temp. I agree with Terry and you should clean the system as best you can. Unfortunately, notebooks, because of their size, inherently have heat and dust buildup problems.

Here's my canned text on HW Monitors.

Your motherboard utilities disk should have a monitoring program (or check for a more recent version on your motherboard or PC maker's website). If none, I recommend CoreTemp for newer Intel and AMD64 CPUs, or RealTemp for Intels. SpeedFan is a great and popular alternative, or you can try Motherboard Monitor. Unfortunately, I have found that these programs often have problems properly identifying and labeling the sensor they are reading. The temperatures shown are as accurate as the inexpensive, low-tech sensors will allow, but it may say System Fan instead of CPU Fan. Fortunately, the programs do allow you to edit the labels, so I use Everest to verify the temperatures (as it is able to put sensor to label correctly), then edit the label in the monitoring program. In Everest, look under Computer > Sensor, then wait a couple seconds for the readings to appear. Unfortunately, Everest does not minimize to the system tray to show real-time temperatures, otherwise, you could use Everest instead of the others.