hdd overheating

[killadoob]

ok so i told you guys about the slow down i get from bf 2 after around an 1 hour of playing it

i have so far check ram : fine
cpu fine
mb was swopped out last week fine
bought a pci sound blaster fine

the only thing i thought left to check was the hdd
so i turned off the pc and noticed the hdd where really really hot
even after 2 mins of being off they where still hot

so would it make sense this is why bf 2 would slow down and loose alot of frames ?

i played offline single player for 5 mins today and hdd went from 34 to 42 after 5 mins with 8 vs 8 will tell you the temp after 2 hours of 24 vs 24 tnite


should i take them back to rectron for being faulty or is this normal?

 

[Person]

HDD do get hot, but they are made to work up to 150deg so it should be fine

 

[nGAGEd55]

150deg?!?!?!?!!?

dammit, never knew they can get THAT hot!

 

[Person]

Yeah man, you can cook and egg on a 10000rpm drive

 

[Claymore]

HDD do get hot, but they are made to work up to 150deg so it should be fine

150? You must be kidding! Seagate say 50-60C, and I would be wary of anything over 55C for extended periods of time.

Killadoob, get hold of Speedfan - it can show HDD temps.

 

[killadoob]

i got another proggie both are runnin at 44 idle

i think they both get well into 60's when im play bf 2 but i will see tnite

yea when i play bf 2 the game slows down so much its almost unplayble

 

[Person]

Does it only happen online ?

 

[stoke]

My hard drive does nothing while i'm playing BF2 [After loading the map and verifying client data].
Something's shagged there bru.

If you delete your windows swap file - set it to 0 size and reboot, can you still play or does it run out of memory ?