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Originally Posted by Brad Mitchell
Phil's post is right on. You also might want to consider looking at your case and power supply. If the case isn't cooled properly that could contribute to a hard drive failure. Also, if it's a bad power supply regulating voltages that could lead to hard drive failure. Most likely, if all the drives were purchased in a lot it's probably a bad lot due to shipping - I've had that before on a lot of 10 drives I purchased once. They must have played football at UPS with it or something...
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Hi Brad,
3 out of the 4 were purchased on the same day, but they were manufactured in 3 different factories (countries even). Still, it's possible they were delivered on the same truck later in their travels... or at least handled by the same "players"
In terms of cooling, they're in a full tower with a dedicated 120mm fan for each of 3 HDs (two bays in total), plus an additional 4 chassis fans. Their cases run cool to the touch.
I've (hopefully) pre-empted the next failure by replacing the PSU, see a few posts above. I have also placed the PC on a dedicated UPS. If a HD fails again after incurring these additional costs then I'll be taking it further...