I have a drive listed below that is getting upwards of 124 degrees at idle.What exactly is a safe operating temperature considering that the Western Digital Data Lifegard program says that drive checking is OK?
Hard Disk Summary
Hard Disk Number,0
Interface,“S-ATA Gen3, 6 Gbps”
Hard Disk Model ID,WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0
Firmware Revision,05.01D05
Hard Disk Serial Number,[Deleted]
Total Size,953867 MB
Power State,Active
Logical Drive(s)
Logical Drive,E: [Games]
ATA Information
Hard Disk Cylinders,1938021
Hard Disk Heads,16
Hard Disk Sectors,63
ATA Revision,ATA8-ACS
Transport Version,SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors,1953525168
Bytes Per Sector,512
Multiple Sectors,16
Error Correction Bytes,50
Unformatted Capacity,953870 MB
Maximum PIO Mode,4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode,2
Maximum UDMA Mode,6 Gbps (6)
Active UDMA Mode,6 Gbps (2)
Minimum multiword DMA Transfer Time,120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time,120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY,120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY,120 ns
ATA Control Byte,Valid
ATA Checksum Value,Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration,Adjust
Acoustic Management,Supported
Acoustic Management,Disabled
Current Acoustic Level,Max performance and volume (FEh)
Recommended Acoustic Level,Min performance and volume (80h)
ATA Features
Read Ahead Buffer,“Supported, Enabled”
DMA,Supported
Ultra DMA,Supported
S.M.A.R.T.,Supported
Power Management,Supported
Write Cache,Supported
Host Protected Area,Supported
Advanced Power Management,Not supported
Extended Power Management,Not supported
Power Up In Standby,Supported
48-bit LBA Addressing,Supported
Device Configuration Overlay,Supported
IORDY Support,Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue,Not supported
NOP Command,Supported
Trusted Computing,Not supported
64-bit World Wide ID,0150E24E9F5AB155
Streaming,Not supported
Media Card Pass Through,Not supported
General Purpose Logging,Supported
Error Logging,Supported
CFA Feature Set,Not supported
CFast Device,Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (1),Not supported
Long Logical Sectors,Not supported
Write-Read-Verify,Not supported
NV Cache Feature,Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode,Not supported
NV Cache Size,Not supported
Free-fall Control,Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity,Not supported
SSD Features
Data Set Management,Not supported
TRIM Command,Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM,Not supported
S.M.A.R.T. Details
Off-line Data Collection Status,Successfully Completed
Self Test Execution Status,Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection,17100 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate,Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host,Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning,Supported
Short Self-test,Supported
Extended Self-test,Supported
Conveyance Self-test,Supported
Selective Self-Test,Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode,Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave,Supported
Error Logging Capability,Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time,2 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time,198 minutes
Conveyance self-test estimated time,5 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result,Successfully Completed
Last Short Self-test Date,9/23/2011 10:07:34 PM
Last Short Self-test Duration,1 minutes
Last Extended Self-test Result,Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Date,Never Started
Last Conveyance Self-test Result,Never Started
Last Conveyance Self-test Date,Never Started
Security Mode
Security Mode,Supported
Security Erase,Supported
Security Erase Time,87 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature,Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time,87 minutes
Security Enabled,No
Security Locked,No
Security Frozen,Yes
Security Counter Expired,No
Security Level,High
Serial ATA Features
S-ATA Compliance,Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps),Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps),Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps),Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host,Supported
PHY Event Counters,Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS,Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization,“Supported, Disabled”
Device Initiating Interface Power Management,Not supported
In-Order Data Delivery,Not supported
Asynchronous Notification,Not supported
Software Settings Preservation,“Supported, Enabled”
Native Command Queuing (NCQ),Supported
Queue Length,32
Disk Information
Disk Family,Caviar Black
Form Factor,“3.5"” "
Capacity,“1000 GB (1000 x 1,000,000,000 bytes)”
Number Of Disks,2
Number Of Heads,4
Rotational Speed,7200 RPM
Rotation Time,8.33 ms
Average Rotational Latency,4.17 ms
Disk Interface,Serial-ATA/600
Buffer-Host Max. Rate,600 MB/seconds
Buffer Size,65536 KB
Drive Ready Time (typical),11 seconds
Average Seek Time,8.9 ms
Track To Track Seek Time,8.9 ms
Full Stroke Seek Time,8.9 ms
Width,101.6 mm (4.0 inch)
Depth,147.0 mm (5.8 inch)
Height,25.4 mm (1.0 inch)
Weight,690 grams (1.5 pounds)
Acoustic (Idle),2.8 Bel
Acoustic (Min performance and volume),2.9 Bel
Acoustic (Max performance and volume),3.3 Bel
Required power for spinup,“1,015 mA”
Power required (seek),6.8 W
Power required (idle),6.1 W
Power required (standby),0.7 W
Manufacturer,Western Digital Corporation
Manufacturer Website, http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products
