Should I be worried?

Energize · 4 Aug 2007 at 22:18

semi-pro waster · 4 Aug 2007 at 22:28

I wouldn't be particularly unless the drive is failing to be read, while 56C is hot for a drive it won't kill it immediately, not to mention that the sensors aren't always that accurate. If you can though I'd direct a fan over it to cool it down a bit.

Energize · 4 Aug 2007 at 22:29

Yeah I haven't got any case fans. Just the cpu and psu fan. When I take the side off it, it's like opening an oven.

How bad are these results then.

It's 45 degrees after taking the side off.

semi-pro waster · 4 Aug 2007 at 23:09

Pretty poor on the minimum transfer rate I'm afraid however the rest isn't too bad overall, that is an IDE drive isn't it? For comparison I've just tested my (3 year old) SATA Maxtor 200gb and I get a minimum transfer rate of 40.2mb/s, a maximum of 57.9mb/s, average of 50.4mb/s and an access time of 13.3ms.