TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 my HDD was very hot last night when i had it on its belly (the side showing the chip) down on a national geographic... When i noticed that it was making excess access noise when i have not ordered it to do anything i picked it up and felt that this thing is hot! I put my 120mm fan in front of it, and this morning it felt cool (after a night of emule, which is pretty light)... should a SATA HDD run so hot after intensive gaming/ demo installing? BTW its hard to start programs (demo installer for example) but after they are started they run blazing fast... wassup? anyone help? as this is killing me..... BTW HL2 demo (I/O issue), empire earth 2 mp demo (catastrphic error) and delta force demo (same as ee2) all failed to install. While unreal tournment 2004 demo, rise of nations gold edition, dungeon seige 2 demo and warhammer 40,000 dawn of war demo installed succefully... do i had downloaded 3 bad demos?? Or do amd do not like how these demo is packed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astyanax Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 I think its more likely that your hard disk is failing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageI Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Drives will all ways run hot if they are not suspended in air. Setting a drive on any thing will cause it to heat up. Bottom line: Never ever run a drive sitting on anything for long periods of time. When the drive is installed in your case it is suspended in the air by the side frames that you screw into. The frames pull the heat off of the drive while air flows under and over it blowing the heat away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 i had it on its belly (the side showing the chip) down on a national geographic... Dont put the hard drive flat on something with the pcb part facing down.. Sometimes there is little holesvents that are not supposed to be blocked.. All hard drive manufacturers have programs on their site you can download and use to test your drive.. I suggest you do that.. But be sure to back up your stuff just incase.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 a new seagate?! well ok.. speed fan is giving me 50% fitness though?! did i got a crappy HDD? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 a new seagate?! well ok.. speed fan is giving me 50% fitness though?! did i got a crappy HDD? Drives will all ways run hot if they are not suspended in air. Setting a drive on any thing will cause it to heat up. Bottom line: Never ever run a drive sitting on anything for long periods of time. When the drive is installed in your case it is suspended in the air by the side frames that you screw into. The frames pull the heat off of the drive while air flows under and over it blowing the heat away. Dont put the hard drive flat on something with the pcb part facing down.. Sometimes there is little holesvents that are not supposed to be blocked.. All hard drive manufacturers have programs on their site you can download and use to test your drive.. I suggest you do that.. But be sure to back up your stuff just incase.. Its also good to try different power andor sata cables to make sure they arent faulty when you think you have a hard drive issue.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 ok well i will post some pics of my open case rig soon... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 SageI and THunDA are right on. The Seagates get especially hot if laying face down with no way to breathe. Run the Seagate diagnostics Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 O.o i hope i did;t break anything.... O.o.......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 Pics: pic1 pic2 pic of HDD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 The way the HD is shown in the pic it should be a problem.. But in your other post you said. when i had it on its belly (the side showing the chip) down on a national geographic Either way you should run Seagate diagnostics and check the drive.. Then go from there.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHolyLancer Posted August 12, 2005 Posted August 12, 2005 yap i had it for that way in the past few days, nothing too intensive except last night, when i noticed the hotness... here is the log: SeaTools Desktop v3.02.03 Copyright © 2005 Kroll Ontrack Inc. 8/12/2005 @ 3:19 PM The following information has been generated by SeaTools Desktop. Use this information to help you recognize and resolve potential data access problems. System Information: BIOS Date 03/10/05 Conventional Memory size 638 K Extended Memory size 58532 K IO Channel type PCI Drive Information: SIZE MODEL --------- --------------------- 160 GB BIOS Drive 0x80 Serial Number = N/A Int13 Num = 80, PHYS CHS = 0x0x0. ParmTable CHS, Rsvd = 19457x255x63 PARTITION CYLINDER SIZE ---------- ------------ ---- # Type Start End MB PRIMARY 1 NTFS 0 1274 10487 EXTENDED 2 NTFS 1275 2549 10487 EXTENDED 3 NTFS 2550 3825 10496 EXTENDED 4 NTFS 3826 10263 52957 EXTENDED 5 NTFS 10264 16707 53007 EXTENDED 6 NTFS 16708 19455 22604 Diagnostic Results: 90-Second Test Result: Passed Recommendation: The "Quick Test" is adequate for most situations. Consider running the "Full Test" which verifies each sector on the drive if you need to run a more comprehensive diagnostic. SMART Status Check Result: Not Tested S.M.A.R.T., (S)elf (M)onitoring (A)nalysis and ®eporting (T)echnology, a built-in hard disk drive failure prediction method reports an 'Alert' if a problem has occurred. It reports 'Passed' if no problems are found and 'Unsupported' if a hard disk drive does not support S.M.A.R.T. Full Diagnostic Scan Result: Passed File Structure Test Result: Partition 1 (NTFS (10.4 GB) Win2k) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - One or more errors were found in metadata file records NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. Partition 2 (NTFS (10.4 GB) ) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - One or more errors were found in metadata file records - Other errors were found NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. Partition 3 (NTFS (10.4 GB) ) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - Other errors were found NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. Partition 4 (NTFS (52.9 GB) Games) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - One or more errors were found in metadata file records - Other errors were found NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. Partition 5 (NTFS (53 GB) Movies) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - One or more errors were found in metadata file records - Other errors were found NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. Partition 6 (NTFS (22.6 GB) WinXP32) Result: Failed with critical Errors The following errors were found while scanning the volume: - One or more errors were found in metadata file records NOTE: Any report of possible errors in the file system tests are for informational purposes only. We suggest you should consider testing with the official file system diagnostic utilities for your operating system. Seagate is not able to assist with troubleshooting or reviewing file system test results. ****************************************** Recommendation: All selected physical diagnostics passed. If you are not experiencing data loss and SeaTools reports File System Structure errors, they may be caused by a lock-up or failure to shutdown Windows correctly. Many times, these errors may be repaired through normal system maintenance which includes using the Windows provided "Defrag" and "Scandisk / Chkdsk / Error Checking" utilities. If you are experiencing a hardware error, you should isolate the cause and replace the failing component. If you are unsure how to proceed with repairs, contact a computer professional. After completing any maintenance tasks, run SeaTools again to verify that all errors have been repaired. If errors continue to occur, the system may not be stable. Again, contact a computer professional. ======================================================== ouch....... i hope its not a hardware damage.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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