Looking for a good HDD temperature monitor freeware

[ehudyoda]

I'm looking for a simple & practical HDD monitor software.
I want to monitor the temps of my WD Raptors.
Is there a software out there that can differentiate between Raptor's temps to 'normal' HDD temps?
Any ideas?

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Everest Home Edition is what you're looking for, although I can only get a single HDD temp of the 2 I have since I've gotten Vista, fortuantely I know what makes them go into which temperatures by now so I rarely use it.

 

[VirusType2]

If you are worried about them being too hot, then maybe they are.

I would just get hard drive fans and don't worry about it anymore.


Alternatively, get a case with built in fans - like the Antec 900. I've had my hard drive working constantly for a month or two without any problems using this case.

 

[ehudyoda]

Half way there

If you are worried about them being too hot, then maybe they are.

I would just get hard drive fans and don't worry about it anymore.

...

Well..I've just installed Zalman's ZM-2HC2 on my Raptor 74Gb (winXP install).
I'm trying to find a dedicated piece of software that could show me the difference between w/ and w/o this fine piece of copper.

 

[VirusType2]

Well..I've just installed Zalman's ZM-2HC2 on my Raptor 74Gb (winXP install).
I'm trying to find a dedicated piece of software that could show me the difference between w/ and w/o this fine piece of copper.

ah, that makes sense

put your hand on it.

(discharge by touching the case first.)

 

[Asus]

Speedfan shows HDD temps. I know it reads my Raptor temp. Although it is not able to read my old old hard drive in my other machine. Probably no sensor in that one.

 

[jammy343]

have u tried hard drive inspector? its a good one, alough im not sure how many hard drives it measures..

http://www.altrixsoft.com/en/hddinsp/

 

[ehudyoda]

Thanks all, ill try it all.
right now I'm going to the hospital after trying VirusType2's idea

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I like the smiley at the end of you're post.

 

[ehudyoda]

I like the smiley at the end of you're post.

Well thanks DEATHMASTER

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Well, it was more in the sarcastic painful humor way.
"I just got hit by a car going 50 "

 

[ehudyoda]

cool

Well, it was more in the sarcastic painful humor way.
"I just got hit by a car going 50 "

Thats cool mate, enjoy your 22"

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Oh just thought I'd update on something.
Turns out that the reason Everest wasn't reporting the temperatures on Vista was because of some Digitally signed driver crap imposed by M$ on their x64 Vistas. Ironically the way that I got Everest working again was when I installed PeerGuardian 2 for x64 Vista. In order to get that PG2 to work I had to follow some steps involving shutting down that Digital driver crap. After starting PG2 up for the first time on this system it turns out that there's supposed to be a message saying that signed driver crap and stop the program but the steps followed by the obvious 1337 hax0rs of Phoenixlabs, the program works anyways. So Everest had that same message pop up when I tried to try it again for the millionth time and it loads anyways and reports the temperatures of everything it did in XP (cpu, hdds, gpu).

So also to let you know ehud, Everest is completely awesome and free, you have to try it before settling on anything else.

 

[VirusType2]

right now I'm going to the hospital after trying VirusType2's idea

Awesome.


It won't be the first time.

 

[ehudyoda]

I'll do that

Oh just thought I'd update on something.
Turns out that the reason Everest wasn't reporting the temperatures on Vista was because of some Digitally signed driver crap imposed by M$ on their x64 Vistas. Ironically the way that I got Everest working again was when I installed PeerGuardian 2 for x64 Vista. In order to get that PG2 to work I had to follow some steps involving shutting down that Digital driver crap. After starting PG2 up for the first time on this system it turns out that there's supposed to be a message saying that signed driver crap and stop the program but the steps followed by the obvious 1337 hax0rs of Phoenixlabs, the program works anyways. So Everest had that same message pop up when I tried to try it again for the millionth time and it loads anyways and reports the temperatures of everything it did in XP (cpu, hdds, gpu).

So also to let you know ehud, Everest is completely awesome and free, you have to try it before settling on anything else.

Thanks for the tips. I really need to cool down one of my Raptors. It's hitting 50 Celsius.
Thanks again.

Awesome.


It won't be the first time.

Good one...:cheers:

 

[DEATHMASTER]

both my HDDs were going about 46-48 (at peak) and all I did was add a normal fan blowing towards it from the front and it dropped by 10 on both (36-38, both peak at 40 rarely)! That's right...a freakin external fan.