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Toshiba 7200rpm drives run hot?

Okay. Thanks for running the test. BTW, do you know offhand what your ambient temps are?
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- Post #10
- Jun 5, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Toshiba 7200rpm drives run hot?

Yep, same model. Your drive seems to run about 10C cooler than any of mine. How much airflow do you have blowing over it? Any chance you could run a sustained read/write test (an hour or more) and report what kind of temperatures you're seeing? I wonder if 'smartctl' is misinterpreting...
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- Post #8
- Jun 5, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Toshiba 7200rpm drives run hot?

I only had two available SATA ports on my test machine (I wanted to run a full 'badblocks' test before moving them to my NFS server) so I removed two drives from their USB enclosure. The other two I left in their external enclosures [1]. Both external drives reached 60C about an hour into...
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- Post #7
- Jun 5, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Toshiba 7200rpm drives run hot?

Last weekend I picked up four 5TB Toshiba "Canvio" external drives. The idea was to shuck the drives and replace the ageing Samsung drives in my NFS server. These are 7200rpm 5-platter drives so I knew they'd run warm but I didn't realize how warm. Each drive seems to report between 45C...
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- Jun 4, 2015
- Replies: 20
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fan on my Gigabyte GTS 450 died...

...but not in the usual way. Fan itself is fine. But the fan header on the card no longer supplies power. I'm pretty sure I don't have my original receipt so even though it's probably still under warranty, I fear the hoops I'd have to jump through to get Gigabyte to RMA it. Temporary fix...
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- Aug 27, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Terminix termite insurance proposal...WTF?

Since my home is approaching 20 years old and I have a wooded lot, I got four estimates for termite prevention treatment. Three were your standard fare "We'll dig a trench around the house, do the treatment and guarantee no termites for 5-8 years (depending on the contractor)". Then there's...
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- Mar 12, 2011
- Replies: 12
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Right now, in my backyard...

there are two great horned owls in one of the trees. The last few years, one has visited each winter for a couple weeks before moving on. This is the first time I've seen or heard two. Guess (s)he finally found a mate... Shame my camera doesn't have a night mode...all I can see are the...
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- Dec 20, 2010
- Replies: 6
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Any recommendations for a better iphone calendar app?

I recently replaced my Treo with an iPhone 4 and for the most part I like the iPhone. The built-in calendar app, though, is driving me nuts. One of the features of the Treo's built-in calendar app that I had come to depend on is that when a scheduled event triggers, an alert sounds every few...
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- Oct 23, 2010
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Apple
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OCZ Vertex Series SSD 60GB SATA II for $95 after Rebate at NewEgg

There are some reports over at OCZ's forums of people losing data with their newer Sandforce-based drives (Vertex 2, Agility 2, etc). Basically what happens is the drive appears to be working fine but following a power cycle, you find that the drive has reverted back to an older copy of the...
- arcas
- Post #8
- Oct 13, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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OCZ Vertex Series SSD 60GB SATA II for $95 after Rebate at NewEgg

Damn. And I just got one from Microcenter over the weekend for $115 AR. Maybe I should return it... :)
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- Post #2
- Oct 12, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Reasons to choose P55 over H55?

Weighing my options. Haven't decided on a CPU (will be i5-760, i5-870 or i7-950 based on the deals Microcenter is currently running for each of these). I don't game enough to justify SLI or CF. Given that, is there any reason to choose a P55 board over an H55 board? Seems most H55 boards...
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- Oct 7, 2010
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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I'm waaay out of the loop. What's good these days?

So it's been a while and now it's finally time for me to upgrade. It's perhaps interesting that a lot of the HSF designs don't seem to have changed much in the 5-6 years since I assembled my system. Still, enough has changed and I'm far enough out of the loop that I'll ask for advice...
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- Aug 10, 2010
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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thinkpad t410 ~$829

I've had a work-issued T400 for 8-9 months. It's pretty decent though clearly Thinkpad build quality has decreased now that they're made by Lenovo instead of IBM. My main complaint about the T400 is that there is some flex in the left 1/3 of the keyboard. So while the keyboard is maybe a...
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- Post #4
- Jul 27, 2010
- Forum: Laptops
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DIY Speaker Kits

I also built a pair of TriTrix towers. For $100 worth of drivers and crossover components and $40 worth of materials, they're hard to beat.
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- Post #32
- Mar 12, 2010
- Forum: Audio Components
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Re Bulbing a DLP tv anyone?

Last fall I replaced the lamp in my Sony A2020 but reused the existing housing. I cannot imagine why one would need to replace the whole assembly, at least on this model TV. If you choose to go this route, just make sure you handle the lamp with gloves or, conversely, clean the lamp of any oil...
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- Post #10
- Jan 28, 2010
- Forum: Audio Components

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