Crucial M2 SSD - high temps!

[n1ghtwish]

I have recently taken delivery of my Optimus VII laptop, whilst checking temps I noted that my HDD is often sat idle at approximately 60 degrees.

As laptops can often have heat issues, having an SSD sat there roasting away at 60 degrees is not good, not to mention what kind of power draw must it be using on the battery to cause such high temps in the first place?

There are many threads on this problem with this drive (one example: http://forums.crucial.com/t5/Crucial-SSDs/Crucial-M500-240GB-mSATA-overheating-issue/td-p/150690).

People recommend enabling things like DIPM via registry hacks, which some reported have improved temps, but should this be necessary in a brand new laptop? I don't think it should, the drive must be somehow flawed from design.

Can any other forum users report on what temps their drives are hitting on this same model, also what kind of temps they see on other M2 drives like the Kingston one? I will contact PCS about this in due course.

 

[keynes]

I am afraid I don't use a crucial drive, is PCS offering those?

 

[SpyderTracks]

I am afraid I don't use a crucial drive, is PCS offering those?

They don't seem to be or at least it's not in the configurator...

 

[n1ghtwish]

If you go to here and use the drop down under mSATA you can select the Crucial MX200 240GB (this is my model):

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimusVII-17/

 

[SpyderTracks]

If you go to here and use the drop down under mSATA you can select the Crucial MX200 240GB (this is my model):

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/optimusVII-17/

Ah, of course, it's the mSata, my apologies.

Those temps are definitely not good, I'd get it returned under warranty myself and choose a different model.

 

[Robin_hood]

Why choose a different model? The MX200 SSD's are one of the best SSD's available and have received only good reviews. It might just be a faulty one which can be swapped for another MX200 SSD.
It also could be the airflow inside the laptop causing the SSD or the temp sensure to warm up, you could check that yourself, but I guess this wont be it as then others would have the problem too.

 

[n1ghtwish]

I switched the SSD over, and the temps were very different.

I think the M2's just run a lot hotter natively tbh, maybe they'll bring them down one day, but for now I wouldn't go with M2 again in a hurry.

These were temps after around 20-30 minutes of copying data from the M2 to the SATA SSD, as you can see the SATA drive was running around 20C cooler.

I have removed the M2 from the laptop, it was installed fine, airflow is an issue if the fans aren't running of course, but they don't typically run when the CPU/GPU temps are not high enough to trigger them anyway. The SSD just seemed to run at this kind of temp by design.

PCS have arranged an RMA of the M2 SATA, so I have to send that back to them now, but I am happier without the heat generating SSD in the laptop tbh!

 

[Robin_hood]

PCS have arranged an RMA of the M2 SATA, so I have to send that back to them now, but I am happier without the heat generating SSD in the laptop tbh!

Well great you've found a solution. Still I wonder whether it was a faulty drive from Crucial because all I read was that the MX100/200 series were great drives and I don't even remember stressing them caused that much heat. I'll have to look into it before ordering it myself, or maybe just go with a SATA SSD.

 

[Bonerhead]

I also ordered a Optivmus V2 with M2 SSD drive last week. After reading these posts about the temperature, think I'll be switching to a normal Sata SDD.