On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:18 PM, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All > I have a G5 PM Dual 2.7. It has three HDDs 1 WD 250 GB, 1 Seagate 250 GB > and a Hitachi 2TB drive. The only drive that shows a tempurature sensor in > Hardware Monitor is the WD 250. These drives are SATA. Do the other drives > have sensors. I think every internal drive I have has sensors. I've checked > the Monitor app and I don't see any additional choices. > > Well, I'm not an expert on hard drive thermal sensors, but I'll make some educated guesses. First of all, all the G5's I'm familiar with have two onboard SATA controllers and drive bays, which leads me to conclude you're using a add-on PCI/PCIe/PCI-X SATA controller. My guess would be that the add-on SATA card you're using doesn't have the necessary circuitry (or maybe Hardware Monitor just doesn't recognize it) to pass on temperature data to the OS. Is the WD 250 connected to the onboard SATA or the add-on card? What brand of SATA controller are you using in the G5? Perhaps the manufacturer has a driver or application which will let you monitor the HD temps. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
