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02-13-2002, 02:20 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: indiana
Posts: 2
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hard drive failure in cold temps
My maxtor 20gb hard drive wont spin up when the outside temp is less than 40 degrees F. Does anyone else have this problem? I checked out the specs on most of the big name drives and most have operating temps listed at 5 to 55 degrees C, which I think 5 degrees C is around 40 degrees F. Are there any hard drives that can operate at lower temps?
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02-13-2002, 02:35 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 425
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thats ridiculous...mine both work fine at below 0C
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02-13-2002, 02:47 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: indiana
Posts: 2
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Maybe laptop hard drives work better in cold temps. I have a Neo 35 mp3 player that only uses a regular drive for a desk top computer. I also have tried a western digital hard drive and it did the same thing. Right now I have a heater that plugs into the cigerette lighter to warm it up. After it warms up it works fine.
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02-13-2002, 10:15 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL
Vehicle: 1993 VW Passat, 2006 VW Passat
Posts: 1,697
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i dont know if its my drives, but i have horible stability/booting problems when its cold out (18F this morning in chicago). ive got an old 2gb segate medalist and a 60gb wd.
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02-13-2002, 10:19 AM
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Retired Admin
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Vehicle: 1986 Mazda RX-7 Turbo (highly modded)
Posts: 2,465
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Hmmm...I did not have any cold related problems with either desktop drives or my current laptop drive. Are you sure it's not a power supply issue?
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02-14-2002, 01:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Oakland, CA
Vehicle: 1997 Honda Civic Del Sol Si
Posts: 649
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I'm not surprised - After all, read the manufacturer's operating temp specs. Usualy it's a moderate temperature range around 50deg-110deg F (Just looked it up on WD's site: Their drives operate from 41-131 deg F)
Western Digital's specs on a 20gb drive
Anything higher or lower will result in safeguard shutdown. Interestingly enough though, it can take 65G of shock for 2ms while operating... that's pretty resiliant! |
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02-14-2002, 03:56 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Somerville, MA
Vehicle: 2003 Mini Cooper S
Posts: 149
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It seems like something is strange with all those operating temps. I suspect they only test from 5 to 55 C, cause almost every HD out there claims that is their operating temp. Probably many of them work at higher and or lower temps.
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