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    Hitachi Hard Drive Temperature Not Showing

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pacmandelight, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. pacmandelight

    pacmandelight Notebook Deity

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    I have a 160 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi drive that came with my T61. I have tried Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) and I cannot seem to get it to display the hard drive temperature.

    What other temperature monitoring programs can I use to check my hard drive temperatures?
     
    pacmandelight, Aug 27, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Everest Home Edition hasn't failed me yet.
     
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    unhooked Notebook Deity

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    NHC also failed to show my 100GB 7200rpm Seagate temps.
    Yes, Everest worked fine for me too.
     
    unhooked, Aug 27, 2007
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    stallen Thinkpad Woody

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    I just used speedfan on Vista 64-bit with a Hitachi HDD. It's free and worked fine.
     
    stallen, Aug 27, 2007
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    I've tried speedfan on my T60, but it was reporting some screwy temps so I uninstalled it.
     
    unhooked, Aug 27, 2007
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    n1hilist Notebook Consultant

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    Try HD Tune : http://www.hdtune.com

    You might need to temporarily disable AHCI in your bios to get temperature readings, though I'm not 100% sure about that. HD Tune works fine for me in XP as it always has.
     
    n1hilist, Aug 27, 2007
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