MP 7,1 Is it normal for Samsung 970 EVO blades to run really hot?

[Parzival]

So, I put multiple Samsung 970 EVO blades in my MP, and they all have heatsinks. However, iStat reports that they are all around 85 degrees celcius. That seems really hot?

 

[tsialex]

So, I put multiple Samsung 970 EVO blades in my MP, and they all have heatsinks. However, iStat reports that they are all around 85 degrees celcius. That seems really hot?

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Something is wrong here, if these temps are real you already lost your warranty by overheat. Install DriveDX and check again.

 

[bob_stan]

Seems hot to me. I have an OWC Accelsior and its blades stay right around 45 C.

 

[jasonmvp]

Something is wrong here, if these temps are real you already lost your warranty by overheat. Install DriveDX and check again.

Agreed. That's toasty for the Samsungs and the Apple OEM drives. Something ain't right there.

 

[Parzival]

Thanks so much for your replies guys.

So, I did what tsialex suggested and installed DriveDx, and here are the temperatures it displays:

Disk 1:

Disk 2:

Disk 3:

And the Apple SSD:

Could it be as simple as iStat displaying temps in Fahrenheit?

 

[tsialex]

Thanks so much for your replies guys.

So, I did what tsialex suggested and installed DriveDx, and here are the temperatures it displays:

Disk 1:
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Disk 2:

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Disk 3:

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And the Apple SSD:

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Could it be as simple as iStat displaying Fahrenheit?

Did you changed iStat Menus to Celsius? iStat Menus don't support MP7,1 yet, so maybe it's a bug somewhere if you are using Celsius.

 

[Parzival]

Did you changed iStat Menus to Celsius? iStat Menus don't support MP7,1 yet, so maybe it's a bug somewhere if you are using Celsius.

So I just uninstalled/reinstalled iStat, set the "Degrees:" option to Celsius again and now it displays the correct temperature. 🙄

Man I practically had a heart attack when seeing those temps...