Typical notebook hard drive temps?

[JTalbain]

I have a 5400 rpm seagate notebook drive installed inside my laptop (asus z63a). The thing feels pretty warm and I keep getting warnings from notebook hardware control that the temperature is at 55 degrees celsius or higher.

Is 55 degrees celsius normal for a laptop hard drive? Granted it has been pretty hot this summer in socal, but the warnings leave me a bit uneasy and the laptop is pretty warm in the area of the hard drive.

Thanks in advance.

 

[corkyg]

That is extremely hot for a hard drive - at that temp, you would not be able to touch it. That is CPU operating temp. (131 Degrees F) I suspect that something is wrong with your temperature sensor program.

Pretty warm to the touch is OK - as long as you can touch it, it's OK.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: corkyg
as long as you can touch it, it's OK.

Yeah that a good way to go.