I have a possible bad harddrive..It is a maxtor and I am running
seatools..I get an error message that the drive is abovetemp 253
degrees. What does this mean? I can't find any information about
what is normal.
MariaL wrote:
> I have a possible bad harddrive..It is a maxtor and I am running
> seatools..I get an error message that the drive is abovetemp 253
> degrees. What does this mean? I can't find any information about
> what is normal.
Probably that the sensor is bad, which would not make me confident in
the drive. Backup data from that drive *now*.
On 29 Mar 2007 04:52:08 -0700, "MariaL"
<layportm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>I have a possible bad harddrive..It is a maxtor and I am running
>seatools..I get an error message that the drive is abovetemp 253
>degrees. What does this mean? I can't find any information about
>what is normal.
It might mean you need to check it with Maxtor's software
instead of Seagate's.
"MariaL" <layportm@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>I have a possible bad harddrive..It is a maxtor and I am running
> seatools..I get an error message that the drive is abovetemp 253
> degrees. What does this mean? I can't find any information about
> what is normal.
>
Well, do you pull back a blistered finger when you press it onto the
hard drive? Not likely. The software is ******* up, you are telling it
to read the wrong sensor, it doesn't know how to read that sensor, it
has an invalid lookup table for that sensor or detected its type
incorrectly, or the sensor doesn't work. If it was indeed 253 degrees
(either Fahrenheit or Celsius which you didn't mention), you could
definitely tell by touch.
Vanguard wrote:
>
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>
> Well, do you pull back a blistered finger when you press it onto
> the hard drive? Not likely. The software is ******* up, you are
> telling it to read the wrong sensor, it doesn't know how to read
> that sensor, it has an invalid lookup table for that sensor or
> detected its type incorrectly, or the sensor doesn't work. If it
> was indeed 253 degrees (either Fahrenheit or Celsius which you
> didn't mention), you could definitely tell by touch.
I am giving 2:1 odds that it isn't Celsius. Any takers?
--
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Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
On Mar 29, 7:40 pm, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Vanguard wrote:
>
> ... snip ...
>
> > Well, do you pull back a blistered finger when you press it onto
> > the hard drive? Not likely. The software is ******* up, you are
> > telling it to read the wrong sensor, it doesn't know how to read
> > that sensor, it has an invalid lookup table for that sensor or
> > detected its type incorrectly, or the sensor doesn't work. If it
> > was indeed 253 degrees (either Fahrenheit or Celsius which you
> > didn't mention), you could definitely tell by touch.
>
> I am giving 2:1 odds that it isn't Celsius. Any takers?
>
I'll take that. It's clearly a bad sensor. 253 is kinda a funny
number, tho', I'd expect a zero or a 255.
> --
> Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
> Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems.
> <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
>
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On Mar 29, 10:55 am, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2007 04:52:08 -0700, "MariaL"
>
> <laypo...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >I have a possible bad harddrive..It is a maxtor and I am running
> >seatools..I get an error message that the drive is abovetemp 253
> >degrees. What does this mean? I can't find any information about
> >what is normal.
>
> It might mean you need to check it with Maxtor's software
> instead of Seagate's.
Well actually the seatools is now used instead of Maxtor's tools per
their website. The question is mood, the harddrive is toast, it
crashed, in the garbage can right now.
Harddrive temp 
Linear Mode
