Short life of Hard Discs
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:03 am
A bit of general information.
In the early days of my running a Tivo box, I had a problem with failing hard discs. The first two failed in under two years each. I investigated and found that the discs were running hot (case temperature over 50C) I fitted my discs with heat sinks obained from quietpc.com. and stripped back an area of sound proofing above the disc bringing the temperature down to approx 40c. I have had no disc failiors since. One disc is 5 to 6 years old and the other is 2 1/2 years old.
Sun 31/7. The same problem occured in two different Tivo's. So any problems like fans not working is unlikely. The temperature was measured at the hard disc case usng stick on temperature sensors not the temperature displayed in the system information. This is purely my own personal experience which I thought might be of interest.
In the early days of my running a Tivo box, I had a problem with failing hard discs. The first two failed in under two years each. I investigated and found that the discs were running hot (case temperature over 50C) I fitted my discs with heat sinks obained from quietpc.com. and stripped back an area of sound proofing above the disc bringing the temperature down to approx 40c. I have had no disc failiors since. One disc is 5 to 6 years old and the other is 2 1/2 years old.
Sun 31/7. The same problem occured in two different Tivo's. So any problems like fans not working is unlikely. The temperature was measured at the hard disc case usng stick on temperature sensors not the temperature displayed in the system information. This is purely my own personal experience which I thought might be of interest.