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aurgathor
- Jan 1, 1970
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A couple of hours ago I almost toasted my 18 Gig
Cheetah -- I was having a couple of bluescreens with
write errors to C:, and upon closer examination, the
drive was almost too hot to touch. (
Anyhow, I'd like to avoid this in the future, so what is
the "best" way to measure the HD's temperature?
The motherboard is an old dual P233MMX with no
onboard temperature sensors (it was a manufacturing
option, BTW, but never seen it on any)
The ideal solution would have a small onscreen
gauge, a temperature controlled fan, and some
kind of audible warning if the temperature goes over
some set value.
A termperature ontrolled fan is probably the easiest
because it's just a carefully chosen series NTC thermistor
(or an encapsulated thermal switch) and a fan. Another
thermistor (a little higher) and a buzzer could provide
the audible feedback, but I have no good idea for
measurement and display. In theory, I could use an
analog data acquisition card and some sensor, but the
DAQ cards aren't exactly cheap.
Any idea?
Cheetah -- I was having a couple of bluescreens with
write errors to C:, and upon closer examination, the
drive was almost too hot to touch. (
Anyhow, I'd like to avoid this in the future, so what is
the "best" way to measure the HD's temperature?
The motherboard is an old dual P233MMX with no
onboard temperature sensors (it was a manufacturing
option, BTW, but never seen it on any)
The ideal solution would have a small onscreen
gauge, a temperature controlled fan, and some
kind of audible warning if the temperature goes over
some set value.
A termperature ontrolled fan is probably the easiest
because it's just a carefully chosen series NTC thermistor
(or an encapsulated thermal switch) and a fan. Another
thermistor (a little higher) and a buzzer could provide
the audible feedback, but I have no good idea for
measurement and display. In theory, I could use an
analog data acquisition card and some sensor, but the
DAQ cards aren't exactly cheap.
Any idea?