Overheating due to higher rpm laptop HD

I am a novice tech, and just heard that when upgrading the size of a laptop hard drive, it is important to use the same rpm as original.

My Compaq 2108CL is about 4 years old and has a 60GB 4200rpm IDE drive. These IDE drives seem to be getting hard to find as well.

I already have an 80GB 5400 rpm IDE drive I was planning to install, but am now concerned about heat.

Is this true about the relationship to RPM and heat? Is going from 4200 to 5400 rpm too big a jump?

Thanks...

 

That sounds logical but are you having heating issues at the moment? You may have a well designed chassis for thermal management that can readily accommodate the increased RPM's and allow you to utilise the HDD. Generate some baseline data for yourself and increase your resolution of the "potential" problem.

 

If you are worried about heat issues you could try a base cooler.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=75004

In respect of HDD heat, it is not necessarily the case that higher rpms equals more heat. Much will depend on your laptop's current cooling solution.

Good Luck