RMA or not

[jefrey1983]

should i rma my seagate 7200.12 sometimes bios can't detect it sometimes it does i used hd tune and found 2 damage i purchased it 10 days ago

 

[gtvr]

Oracle : Okay. Now I'm supposed to say..'Hmm, that's interesting', but then you say...

Neo : But...what?

Oracle : But you already know what I'm going to tell you.

 

[jefrey1983]

what that supposed to mean

 

[gtvr]

Too subtle I guess.

You posted that you have hardware problems with your brand new, 10 day old HD, and asked if you should return it. I guess I'm saying the answer is pretty obvious.

Yes. Just my 2 cents from the available info.

 

[jefrey1983]

but is it okay to have two bad sector, it working okay now

 

[gtvr]

the 2 bad sectors wouldn't worry me as much, but I'd monitor it over time. I have to admit I've never scanned a brand new HD for bad sectors. It was really the sometimes showing up in BIOS and sometimes not - I'd RMA the drive for that happening to me, personally. I'd hate to run it for a few months, get everything installed just right, then BAM.

But if you do really good backups, you'll be covered at least.