smartctl:Check disk health information
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If you are interested in smartctl, here is a demo: https://x-cmd.com/1min/smartctl
/etc/default/smartmontools
#enable_smart="/dev/hda /dev/hdb"
smartctl -A /dev/<device> | grep 'Temperature:'
i bought a small USB-powered clip-on fan, plugged it into the NUC and instead of ~75C the NUC is now running at ~32C and speed is as-expected.