iOmega Prestige 1.5 TB iOmega Prestige 1.5 TB heats up considerably. Should I be worried?
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Hi Craig, Thanks for your useful input. At this stage I think I too should have gone for the 1TB model. Now I can't seem to download video clips onto the 1.5 TB. It starts off OK then freezes and the usual Task Manager solutions don't seem to help and I end up with the dreaded blue screen. I have to switch off and start again. Very boring. If anyone has a solution would be most grateful for help
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I own the 1 TB model and also noticed the heat buildup. I keep my unit off unless I'm backing up data. Had it a year and so far, so good.
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iOmega said "It is normal for hard drives to get hot (to the point where you still can touch them) especially for big capacity ones. Also make sure to keep your drive in well ventilated place, preferably not too close to other electric/heat emitting devices".The blue screen was caused when I encrypted part of the new drive badly. All is well and as is usual in my case - my fault! A happy owner now.
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I have had no issues with heating as of yet and I'm still running stock fans.I have carpet where my puter sits so I just put a sheet of board underneath it,other than that I've done nothing.
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I have had the temp on max while using the disk& had no problems. Either you got a bad disk or your burner is going higher than it is set for.
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Awww, this is disappointing. This is the exact question I needed answered. I can't believe in two years, no one has answered it. I'm hoping someone might answer it soon. There's a 1 TB Iomega drive for $97 and a 1 TB LaCie drive for $150. I just want to know if the extra $53 for the LaCie drive is worth it.
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I'm not sure on that, but a phone call or e-mail to Crucial's Support dept I'm sure would clear that up. They were quite helpful when I contacted them about a quirky issue I had installing my kit on my hp laptop. It caused my 'puter to overheat upon initial installation, but turned out to be an issue with the heatsink instead. Once I opened up my system and cleaned the heatsink my 'puter has run like never before. I can now run game programs that I was deleting because they would freeze up. I've used other brands of memory in the past and I'd have to say Crucial is the best if only for their customer service. Good American company.
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Idle temperatures are around 45-55C on mine. Maxing it out on Prime95 brings it up to about 80C, which is kind of hot, but not "OMG the CPU is going to overheat" hot.
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I noticed it does run a little hot but it has never had a thermal event. The BIOS in this particular model is incredible. There is a lot you can do to configure and customize. I install these all over for many of my clients and they love them. The only thing I did not like it that it did not come with internet. Had to use a wifi card because the wifi msata mini that came on the unit did not work
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well if you are running the drive 24/7 as a backup or other reason, those drives do get hot. The life of the drive could be shortened by overheating.
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No. I have not had any issue with the device overheating and I run with it in 100+ degree temps.
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The cooling pump already has the Termal compound on it. Use that. If you apply any extra it may cause create a *bubble* increasing heat temperature and cause overheating. Make sure to clean the cpu from the old termal compound. Hope this helps.
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Yeah, I would definitely return it. Have had mine for almost a year running 24/7 on high setting and no problems so far.
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Yes, I have had similar issues with other external, enclosed USB hard drives. That is, they get VERY hot, and then shut down after about 30 minutes of operation. These enclosed drives are pretty much useless unless they have a vent and cooling fan. I really don't know how anyone uses them successfully. The only way I have been able to use them is to keep them completely open, which means removing all the casing and just laying the bare drive and it's connenctors out in open. Pretty ugly, but it will run all day like this :-)
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Mine is warm to the touch but not excessive. The power supply is very warm though. I am going to look for a new one to replace it. Hope this helps.
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the 3rd gen i7 was known for running hot, however this is a 4th gen so i do not know. try 1 of these if u r concerned about heat, Cooler Master NotePal U3 - Laptop Cooling Pad with 3 Movable Fans by Cooler Master. Amazon sells it for around 30 bucks, mine works great, as far as noisy i dont even hear the 3 80mm cooler fans running and i have hyper hearing
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I am afraid I can't answer that. All I can say is that it is a strong mid range low profile card. Under heaviest loads, in small form factor boxes, it will heat up. For my purposes - to deal with this I added extra fans and moved the power supply outside the box. Obviously I am a fanatic - and work to keep my system components running under listed normal ranges.
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I wasn't, but my friend was and he said at idle the temps were anywhere between 35 and 40 C. At full load the temps were about 60 C. I would highly suggest getting a H100i, my temps at idle are about 15 C and 31 C full load.
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I can't speak specifically from experience with your computer, but mine was shutting down from overheating, and burned to the touch, and now runs cool.