Hard Drive Heat

[FXP]

I have a general question about hard drives. I have a Maxtor 120Gig drive that seems to be running hotter over time. I am wondering what could cause this to be happening. It's now running fine and is only a year old. The S.M.A.R.T. tempurature reading used to be about 20 degrees lower. I haven't moved the PC or am processing anything different from before. Does anyone have any thoughts on heat and hard drives? Thanks.

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

They have fans that simply screw on the top of the hard drive, I have one on each of my HD's. They only cost 6-10.00 and the HD never gets warm. Small price to pay for lower temps.

 

[Freestone]

When is the last time you did a general cleaning inside the computer case? Perhaps the hard drive isn't running hotter rather than air intake/exhaust to and from inside the case has decreased.

 

[FXP]

Good point, but it's clean inside the case and the fans seem to be cranking out ok.

 

[FXP]

FYI, found the problem. When I replaced the old hard drive, I put it in another bay slot. This is what caused the temperature rise. When I moved the new one back to the old slot in my computer, the temperature went down.

Thanks for the help.