Heat Problems? Has anyone else had problems with their drive?
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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 :-)
2272469
Yes there is a problem with yours. I've had mine since its issue and it never gets hot -warm at most when playing extended games or videos. I have a Surface Pro 2 now, but I keep the Portege as a very reliable backup and for occasional ripping or burning (no pun intended) of CDs.
121822
Hi, This drive is virtually silent unlike my other external hard drive which makes a lot of noise when active. How quite & cool this drive operates is one of the many things I like about it. It's possible yours could be defective. Maybe you could exchange it for another?
777950
I have been using the this drive for several months and I have had no buzzing noises. I would be concerned about that. Sounds like there may be an issue with the drive. I had one of the book drives start dropping out like it was getting disconnected then it finally just died. I had it for about 4 years before this happened though and had already purchased another one a couple of months before the old one died. The one I have now seems to be working fine but I am not sure I would buy another one.
580083
This is my first experience with an external drive. I've had no problem with this item. I do suggest you get a larger capacity drive as the prices have been falling lately on the external drives.
1276030
I don't know that, but I would seriously look at the rating on this drive. Mine died an early death and I'm not the only one this has happened to.
14748
actually the drives are about as hot as when they're in the ext enclosures. I found that out when i opened the enclosure on a ext drive that had just been shut down and checked the temp inside the case.
1422003
I have not had a problem yet - but the weather has not been very hot. Whether I will need one in hotter weather or as the laptop gets older remains to be seen.
632287
I have heard of this issue in ASUS laptops, but have not experienced any kind of Drive failures in mine. Though Ive only had mine for a little over a year now. Sorry to hear about that, hopefully you can recover the data.
931534
During the short period that I had the drive before returning it, I did not notice any active cooling system. The drive did appear to be adequately ventilated but I was not in a position to evaluate this under stress situations.
1464531
Send it back, it's defective. They shipped out a lot of defective ones... esp. around December for the holidays when they were on sale. I suspect while they were on sale & they were selling lots of them, they put inferior drives in them to increase their profit margin.
185645
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.
800046
Havent had any heating issues. I have mine for almost 2 years. I would try reapplying the thermal grease & ensure the heat sink's base is completely flat. This is assuming its clean & has good air flow.
682474
The cable for this drive is short and hi-speed. It could but it would be a short connection. You could buy another longer cable from Amazon.com seperately. BUT the overall speed dimeninishes to the Nth the longer the cord gets. If you get a cord that is twice as long expect to reduce speeds about 10-15%. Rebbeca Blackmon also had a good point saying there definitely could be overheating issues!Hope this helps.
92193
The drive is powered through the usb and it does get very warm to the touch if you use it for more than a half hour so be very careful how long you use it as overheating could become an issue.
373839
I tested it with two different 4TB drives: the WD Red 40EFRX and the WD RE WD4000FYYZ. First the Red: this model has a design flaw which causes it to load/unload the heads continuously, basically grinding the drive down to an early death. Other than that minor inconvenience, the Red works fine. The WD4000FYYZ: this drive generates a lot of heat and should not be used in an enclosure that doesn't have a fan. Other than that, it works fine as well.
1936144
Cant say. I haven't had any issues with my drive at all. Its been working great for me the last few months. Mine has been HIGHLY reliable to the point