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I just bought a (second) Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7200 RPM drive and it's sitting in a dock while I'm writing transcoded Video_TS to H.264 files to it from Handbrake.
It's very hot to touch right now - even in open air in the dock. Not scalding hot - but it would be close to a burn if one were forced to hold onto it with bare hands. Hot Potato (approximate heat level) Temperature Monitor will only show internal Mac stuff - not externals.
The intended destination of this drive was to replace a Samsung 1TB drive sitting along side another 2TB Deskstar (Deathstar) in a Rosewill 2 bay JBOD. That enclosure itself seems to run very cool right now and has a fan. I have no way of knowing the internal temps of the JBOD.
MAYBE being in the enclosure will actually help it cool off? But this does seem a bit too hot for a bare drive in a dock - air cooled. I've used many other drives in this dock and not noticed nearly as much heat. Being brand new - I can return it if needed.
Thoughts anyone? Is this "normal"?
More info - I let it run doing the transcoding overnight and this morning it's much cooler than it was before - then I realized that last night I was also playing a Video_TS from it over WLAN on my Apple TV in addition to running Handbrake. That at least explains some of the heat - from heavy use.
It's very hot to touch right now - even in open air in the dock. Not scalding hot - but it would be close to a burn if one were forced to hold onto it with bare hands. Hot Potato (approximate heat level) Temperature Monitor will only show internal Mac stuff - not externals.
The intended destination of this drive was to replace a Samsung 1TB drive sitting along side another 2TB Deskstar (Deathstar) in a Rosewill 2 bay JBOD. That enclosure itself seems to run very cool right now and has a fan. I have no way of knowing the internal temps of the JBOD.
MAYBE being in the enclosure will actually help it cool off? But this does seem a bit too hot for a bare drive in a dock - air cooled. I've used many other drives in this dock and not noticed nearly as much heat. Being brand new - I can return it if needed.
Thoughts anyone? Is this "normal"?
More info - I let it run doing the transcoding overnight and this morning it's much cooler than it was before - then I realized that last night I was also playing a Video_TS from it over WLAN on my Apple TV in addition to running Handbrake. That at least explains some of the heat - from heavy use.
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