- Dec 4, 2013
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Dear All,
I tend to search for hardware solutions on the internet and as Google gives me links to this website I have decided to sign up and post. The title I picked for my case can already be found in this forum but upon looking into these I have found that these cases may be different.
Basically, my HDD keeps failing. 6 months ago I puchased a completely new desktop PC but I kept the only hardware component I did not mind keeping: a 1TB Samsung HDD (SATA 2). Several weeks ago its "Health" started dropping; not significantly, but steadily. I have been using Hard Disk Sentinel for such diagnostics and after the change in condition I decided to run some read tests but they were all failures and could not finish.
Since this HDD was 4 years old I decided to replace it (its condition dropped to below 20% when I did so) with a brand new, SATA 3 compatible hard drive. This has the same size, but it is a different brand now (Western Digital, Caviar, Black).
I have been using this for 2 weeks now and a couple of days ago it started to have the same issue as my 4-year old HDD. While the "health" value is getting worse and HD Sentinel shows a steady increase in weak sectors (and later on bad sectors) there are no specific issues / symptoms with any of these drives. My PC stills boots fast, my applications are still running fast and I have never had any BSODs.
Yet, these values are alarming. And I did install Data Lifeguard Diagnostic (WD's own utility software) which - although does not offer as many features as HD Sentinel - is uncapable of completing a simple HDD test. I have to assume these applications are right and sooner or later my new HDD will stop working.
I am not ruling out bad luck (the first HDD failed because it was 4 years old and the 2nd is simply a faulty product), but I would like you to please tell me what could cause issues to hard drivers.
1) Motherboard? This WD I connected to another SATA to see how it performs. I am wondering if this will change anything. Also, I changed the data cable, just in case.
2) PSU? Thermaltake or not, it might still be faulty. I always thought, though, PSU issues will result in frequent BSODs and in other hardware components not working.
All components have their warranty - I just do not know which to take back for replacement beside the new hard drive.
My rig's specs are as follows:
-i5 3570
-8gb DDR3 RAM
-Asus P8H77-M LE (LGA1155)
-Nvidia 660GTX (2gb)
All these run on default values (did not change anything in Bios other than booting sequence what I always set). None of these components are overclocked.
I have other diagnostic software running, too, showing voltage and temperature values and none of these show issues. CPU-Z shows correct voltage values and the temp values for CPU, graphics card and hard drive are all around 30 degrees.
I regularly clean my Thermaltake chassis to make sure there's no dust in it.
I tend to search for hardware solutions on the internet and as Google gives me links to this website I have decided to sign up and post. The title I picked for my case can already be found in this forum but upon looking into these I have found that these cases may be different.
Basically, my HDD keeps failing. 6 months ago I puchased a completely new desktop PC but I kept the only hardware component I did not mind keeping: a 1TB Samsung HDD (SATA 2). Several weeks ago its "Health" started dropping; not significantly, but steadily. I have been using Hard Disk Sentinel for such diagnostics and after the change in condition I decided to run some read tests but they were all failures and could not finish.
Since this HDD was 4 years old I decided to replace it (its condition dropped to below 20% when I did so) with a brand new, SATA 3 compatible hard drive. This has the same size, but it is a different brand now (Western Digital, Caviar, Black).
I have been using this for 2 weeks now and a couple of days ago it started to have the same issue as my 4-year old HDD. While the "health" value is getting worse and HD Sentinel shows a steady increase in weak sectors (and later on bad sectors) there are no specific issues / symptoms with any of these drives. My PC stills boots fast, my applications are still running fast and I have never had any BSODs.
Yet, these values are alarming. And I did install Data Lifeguard Diagnostic (WD's own utility software) which - although does not offer as many features as HD Sentinel - is uncapable of completing a simple HDD test. I have to assume these applications are right and sooner or later my new HDD will stop working.
I am not ruling out bad luck (the first HDD failed because it was 4 years old and the 2nd is simply a faulty product), but I would like you to please tell me what could cause issues to hard drivers.
1) Motherboard? This WD I connected to another SATA to see how it performs. I am wondering if this will change anything. Also, I changed the data cable, just in case.
2) PSU? Thermaltake or not, it might still be faulty. I always thought, though, PSU issues will result in frequent BSODs and in other hardware components not working.
All components have their warranty - I just do not know which to take back for replacement beside the new hard drive.
My rig's specs are as follows:
-i5 3570
-8gb DDR3 RAM
-Asus P8H77-M LE (LGA1155)
-Nvidia 660GTX (2gb)
All these run on default values (did not change anything in Bios other than booting sequence what I always set). None of these components are overclocked.
I have other diagnostic software running, too, showing voltage and temperature values and none of these show issues. CPU-Z shows correct voltage values and the temp values for CPU, graphics card and hard drive are all around 30 degrees.
I regularly clean my Thermaltake chassis to make sure there's no dust in it.
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