how to get Western Digital HD Temp?

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shooter_san
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how to get Western Digital HD Temp?

Post by shooter_san » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:32 pm

Hi, here is a newbie sort of question for ya. I have a 60 GB WD disk and I can't find a temperature reading for it. It's fairly new so this seems odd. I have SpeedFan which can access the SMART info for the disk, but no temperature values are listed anywhere. Instead I just have "raw read error rate" and other info like that (which isn't terribly interesting to me). The HD model is WDC WD600BB-00CCB0.

Any thoughts?

Thanks---
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Ralf Hutter
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Post by Ralf Hutter » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:11 am

Until fairly recently there were SMART sensors but no temp sensors in WD drives. Yours seems to fit that profile. Sell it and buy a nice quiet Samsung Spinpoint. :)
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shooter_san
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aha

Post by shooter_san » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:34 am

Ahh... well that's wierd, no temp sensor. Thanks for the info!

Why should I dump this HD though? It is about 2 yrs old and has been totally reliable so far. Are new ones much quieter? Faster?

Thanks!
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Post by sthayashi » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:47 am

Yes and Yes.
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Post by hofffam » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:06 pm

"HDDTemperature" from http://www.siguardian.com reports temperature on my WD1600JB just fine......and it is free.
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Post by Ralf Hutter » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:21 am

hofffam wrote:"HDDTemperature" from http://www.siguardian.com reports temperature on my WD1600JB just fine......and it is free.
There's several free apps that will read SMART temp sensors just fine, but:
Until fairly recently there were SMART sensors but no temp sensors in WD drives
so shooter_san is apparently out of luck with his WD drive.
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Post by hofffam » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:31 am

HDDtemperature also works on a recently purchased WD800JB. The WD160JB was purchased about six months ago. I know - I should have Samsung drives instead but it is hard to turn down a $49 price for the 80Gb WD when I'm replacing an old Quantum Fireball.....
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Post by shooter_san » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:38 pm

Wow! I just built a new PC, picking out components based on SPCR recommendations, and man is it quiet. :D The only component I kept is my old HDD, and even though I set up a StretchMagic suspension it is the loudest thing in the computer!!! I don't know how loud my old computer was, but I'm guessing 60 dB or so, as I couldn't even hear the HDD.

So I guess I have to believe you when you say new HDDs are quieter.
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Post by Ephemeron » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:37 pm

What's the difference between SMART temp sensors and regular temp sensors?

HDDTemp is working on my WD1200JB, a drive which has been out for over 2 years now, reporting a cool and collected 26 C.
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shooter_san
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Post by shooter_san » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:00 pm

Well I just downloaded HDD Temperature from the web site listed above. I launch the .EXE file, it says "checking hard drives for temperature monitoring support..." and then it just disappears. So I assume this means I have no temperature sensor in my HDD. :?
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