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What is the highest temperature that an internal hard drive should be at?

My HDD Health program keeps showing warnings that my second internal HD is running too hot and is over critical temperature. It is running at 52C. My first HD runs at around 38C.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    no more that 60 celsius ..........take a look here http://members.pcug.org.au/~boesen/temperature_sof...

  • 1 decade ago

    if your two hard drives are mounted one on top of the other, as are most, if you can move it up one slot it would help. A small intake fan in fron of the drives would help. Thats what I have. Your temp may be somewhat acceptable, but the frive lifespan will be short and abrupt.

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