I bought two brand new western digital WD30EZRX 3 Tb Sata III hard drives. When I installed the new hard drives all was flawless. I selected .GPT format and instantly I was able to see and use 2.7 Tb per hard drive. However, when I checked the new hard drives with some programs Active Hard Disk Monitor showed 85% and 84% of health for the hard drives. What with that? I have others Caviar Black since two years and they show 100% of health, only one of 4 Caviar Blacks I discovered that shows 89% of health.
I dont have experience or knowledge about hard drives. Im learning to check and identify failures and starting to read S.M.A.R.T. I uploaded screenshots (you need to click the images to zoom them). Do you think that I need to apply RMA?
http://imageshack.us/f/856/69772515.jpg/ WD30EZRX
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/78227467.jpg/ WD30EZRX
http://imageshack.us/f/36/64525947.jpg/ Caviar Black 1 Tb Sata II
I must mention that Im using Sata II cables for both WD30EZRX (Sata III) because Sata III cables are not available in my country.
Thanks for the information.
I dont have experience or knowledge about hard drives. Im learning to check and identify failures and starting to read S.M.A.R.T. I uploaded screenshots (you need to click the images to zoom them). Do you think that I need to apply RMA?
http://imageshack.us/f/856/69772515.jpg/ WD30EZRX
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/78227467.jpg/ WD30EZRX
http://imageshack.us/f/36/64525947.jpg/ Caviar Black 1 Tb Sata II
I must mention that Im using Sata II cables for both WD30EZRX (Sata III) because Sata III cables are not available in my country.
Thanks for the information.