Strangest thing…when the TR3 is plugged in and the bat is charged, the HDD temp rises to 60+ in a minute or two.  Sometimes goes as high as 70+ then I shut it down and let it rest or use other drastic measures like a room fan. BUT if I run on batteries or run on AC with a drained battery, the HDD stays a cool 32c. So I wonder what’s up with that?  The AC adapter?  Maybe the battery.  I guess I need to dig out the spares from the storage shed and test. But isn’t that strange?  This is all irregarless of CPU power settings. My CPU runs at 60+ on performace and slightly cooler on batteries, as expected.
jigs

Hi Jiggy, I’m quite new here,..I just checked my tr3a using nhc 1.9 beta3. When I have my tr3 plugged in, the hdd temp is about 56-59 C. But if it runs on battery, the hdd temp goes up to 60+. Is this normal or a serious problem? Will it burn my hdd?? Do all tr series have quite similar hdd temp?

Welcome to the club! Well, frankly hdd temp in the tr3 baffles me, and I think many run hot if as posted here on many occassions.  Mine has always run 50-70 since I began monitoring until I noticed the above condition where it runs cool when charging and on battery.  In short, I don’t have a clue at this point.  All of a sudden it’s stuck at 32c.  It has not moved. Why?  Has Jupitor aligned with Mars?  Perhaps.  But maybe nhc is screwed.  Who is to know?  If my tr had an ass I would stick a thermometer up it.

I think the best thing to do might be to go buy a half dozen replacement drives just in case…well, maybe at least one, and to keep very good partition backups…ya never know when these hdds will get a cold or get a fever. :wink:

jigs

Since I heard many had problems with their hdds in this forum, I started to back up the whole partition of the hdd using acronis true image. Is it a flaw in the design of air flow circulation ? Is is safe?? I have used it for almost 2 years without problem though, except the motion eye problem. It just displays black colour now..:(

u must have good karma to have gone that long without a problem.  i have the same, my eye was just a software problem but is now well, and i had one hard drive die on mt. everest due to cold. a wifi card that came unseated, and that was about it hardware wise.  i have also mistreated this tr3, it looks like it’s been in a war - i’ll take it anywhere - and hey, it has been in a war! these things rock.

ATI is the BEST backup software albiet a bit slow for dailys and very disk space hungry but it’s saved my butt so many times I give it 5 stars. 

I think airflow is a problem in the TR and when I first opened mine i noticed that fan cowling had not been properly installed (or I had knocked it loose).  My fan does not seem to come on till the machine reaches 57-8+...I guess that’s normal no idea. it’s such a little bitty fan, and the blades were caked in dust which i carefully cleaned.  it was sticking.  but still, with the clean fan my hdd temps would soar.

BUT TODAY, the bat is charged, and plugged in, and I am sitting at 45. very steady like yesterday’s 35. I’m thinking there is something very wrong or nothing at all.  So time to stop thinking.
jigs

I just noticed this problem when I tried nhc. Maybe I should stop worrying about it or else, I would buy a notebook cooler.. Thanks a lot Jiggy..
And also thanks to Groovy for making this wonderful site..

[quote author=“Anonymous”]Out of curiosity I tried it but does not happen on my TR5.
I run prime95 for 15 minutes on it for full load CPU was 55C HDD 44C ambient is about 20C and the difve is an mk6006gah.
The tempreture is same regardless of running on battery or AC.
I would recommend upgrading those older drives, you get some extra space but the higher read write speeds are what makes it really worth it.

I agree with Guest 100% but it is very difficult to get these drives in Nepal, and they are not cheap!  I am keeping my old ipod as a spare part

I would like to upgrade my hd as well but it’s still very expensive. As for now, I have an external 1.8” hdd as a backup…

...maybe you need one of these.. ok if it were 1.8”

..though 1900USD is a bit excessive for 8Gb. dont you think?
considering 2 x4Gb nanos cost roughly 500 dollars.

go on someones got to try get thae nano working as an IDE hdd..

any volunteers?

30Gb ones are not really expensive about 14000Y.
Samsung also promised 1.8” SSD to be released in august, I guess the nanos eat up their capacity but lower the price.
I want one of those for the X505