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rowan · 04-19-2007, 01:57 PM

A little more than a month after a previous failure, yet another drive has failed.

I've now had...

* 1 drive DOA - replaced
* 1 drive failed within 24 hours - replaced
* 1 drive failed with bad sectors last month - replaced
* 1 drive failed with bad sectors yesterday - will be replaced

This brings the total to 4 failed drives out of 8 (once it's replaced). In other words, out of my original purchase of 4, all have needed to be replaced. A 100% failure rate!!!!!

More fucking around with RMAs, finding suitable packaging, paying postage, and waiting for the replacement while my system chugs along with a degraded array...

I am SO glad I chose to set up RAID, at least there has been no data loss and I can continue using the PC in the meantime (although I'll be taking it easy, and doing more regular backups)

For those curious about cooling and power, I don't think it's that... I'm using a Coolermaster Stacker with fan cooled bays, and a 500W PSU. The hardware configuration has been static for over a year so I'm at a loss to explain the most recent two failures. Maybe I should have just returned the lot after the first two failures.

04-19-2007, 01:57 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	ANOTHER seagate drive failure! Now 4 drives replaced! A little more than a month after a previous failure, yet another drive has failed. I've now had... * 1 drive DOA - replaced * 1 drive failed within 24 hours - replaced * 1 drive failed with bad sectors last month - replaced * 1 drive failed with bad sectors yesterday - will be replaced This brings the total to 4 failed drives out of 8 (once it's replaced). In other words, out of my original purchase of 4, all have needed to be replaced. A 100% failure rate!!!!! More fucking around with RMAs, finding suitable packaging, paying postage, and waiting for the replacement while my system chugs along with a degraded array... I am SO glad I chose to set up RAID, at least there has been no data loss and I can continue using the PC in the meantime (although I'll be taking it easy, and doing more regular backups) For those curious about cooling and power, I don't think it's that... I'm using a Coolermaster Stacker with fan cooled bays, and a 500W PSU. The hardware configuration has been static for over a year so I'm at a loss to explain the most recent two failures. Maybe I should have just returned the lot after the first two failures.