They do get warm, I couldn't call any of the ones I deal with hot though, they do get a little warm to the touch, if it's getting real hot, that's a sign of friction in the moving parts inside and it's going bad but if it's just getting a bit warm, that's normal. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:20 PM Subject: Too Hot > Hey Everyone, > Not too long ago, I changed my computer's power supply. Well I've noticed > that the hard drive is running quite hot. Now, maybe it's always done > this and I just never paid attention. > What I was wondering is this. Are the hard drives supposed to run that > hot? I've been told that they do give off a lot of heat. I just want to > be sure. Thanks, Jack > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx