How hot may a hard disk get?

[vanderStoep]

How hot may a hard disk get?
Because I`m building in another hard disk and it has to be in the slot above my other hard disk, leaving only a 3 mm gap between them making my old hdd really hot.I`m doubting that that is ok.

PS both of them are older 4 gb hdd (the old one Samsung, the other unkown), so I presume they are 5400 rpm.

Is there any objection to me placing the 2nd hdd on the bottem of my case? On its side? Edit grammar

 

[Ausm]

I would say with 5400 RPM HD's no prob
7200 RPM HD's could get a little toasty especially in a poorly ventilated case
10,000 RPM SCSI HD's FORGET IT 🙂

Ausm

 

[vanderStoep]

What are the signs off a hard disk overheating? And do I risk any permanent damage?

 

[Edski]

You should have no problems what so ever up to 150F. After that, it is running outside of the specs of most hard drive manufactures. That isn't to say that it won't work but there is that possibility.

 

[MWink]

I find that my Maxtor Diamond Max+ 30GB runs cooler than some of my old 5400RPM drives. I know that most of the time when you put two hard disks on top of each other they usually get very hot. I have not had any problems doing it however I do NOT recommend doing it.

 

[Syborg1211]

as long as you have good all around case cooling, it should be good

 

[vanderStoep]

Well the alround case cooling might be a slight problem; it is not that great. Thanks anyway.
However is there any objection to me placing the 2nd hdd on the bottem of my case? On its side? Because altough there isn`t a formal place here; I have more than enough space to put a harddisk overthere.

Thanks,

van der Stoep

 

[Warrenton]

My favorite trick is just run some long screws into the bottom holes, set it on the bottom of the case, and run a peice of duct tape over it.

 

[larrymoencurly]

Duct tape? That sounds like something one Best Buy customer found in his computer when he had them install a drive.

Why not do the right thing and drill holes for those screws, and use nuts where they just pop through the holes?