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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: |
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> On May 20, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Dave Jones wrote: |
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>> I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM |
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>> 120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. |
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> When you touch them, does it feel about right. While it is warm, it is |
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> not that warm that you couldn't make a guess if it was right or not and |
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> you shouldn't hurt yourself. The reason I mention it is to have a |
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> second opinion if hddtemp is working correctly in your installation. |
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> I have not run hddtemp but have run some vendor utilities from hitachi |
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> and they gave bogus info back on HD temp |
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Good advice - tho I think 50 degrees C will burn your hand in about a |
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second, so yeah - be careful! |
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The fact that both the IBM and Hitachi drives are recording similar |
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temperatures suggests that hddtemp is probably reading them correctly. |
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You could emerge smartmontools, and see if its temperature readings |
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agree with hddtemp (they should). |
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Cheers |
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Mark |
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