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  1. March 10th, 2003, 10:19 PM #1
    daveleau
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    Too hot to touch

     
    Hi everybody!

    I am working on an old Compaq for a friend and he is trying to put a new hdd in it. There are some problems with it sinc ethe BIOS doesn't like the size, but I think I have that problem solved. My question is, should a hdd be too hot to touch? I have the hdd out of the case sitting on the desk and it is really really hot. It is a brand new 100GB 7200rpm Western Digital. Diagnostic ont he drive are fine and it is not acting wierd. I would recommend that the guy put a hdd cooler in the system, but being a Compaq, there is no room.

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  2. March 10th, 2003, 10:20 PM #2
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    It certainly shouldn't be that hot. Warm at worst. If my drives were too hot to touch I would be very worried.
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  3. March 11th, 2003, 01:01 AM #3
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    take it back and return it b4 putting any data on that drive
    I'd rather be driving a titelist
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  4. March 11th, 2003, 05:41 PM #4
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    i think my roommate had a hot WD drive. As far as I know its running fine still. you could pick it up but, yeah it was pretty hot to the touch.
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  5. March 11th, 2003, 05:45 PM #5
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    Maybe trade it in for a dif one or find a way to put a fan near it.


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