Find the broken hard drive!

gtabomber · 2 May 2006 at 19:57

Hi Guys!

This is sorta following on from http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6864562 .

Ive got 4 Raptors in a Striped+Mirrored array and one drive keeps dropping out. Obviously knackered. Brand new too. Ill need to send it back to OC.

Here is the tricky part...

How can i find which of the 4 identical drives is nacked?

Cheers guys!

gtabomber · 3 May 2006 at 17:40

My mobo is a DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT.

Yes, the nvidia media shield software tells you that a hard drive has dropped. Thing is all the hard drives are the same model so you cant tell wich one.

I cant stick the drives in another machine, nothing hanging around here has SATA. Probably wouldnt help anyways. Its intermittent.

gtabomber · 3 May 2006 at 19:22

smids said:
One thing though, if the drive is new, surely the one with the latest date code should be your first port of call...

All baught from OC at the same time

I thaught about the very scientific way myself, the "feel if its vibrating" way. Cant be assed to do that though!

gtabomber · 4 May 2006 at 18:06

Yep, intermittent failure is more difficult!

The nvidia array program is crap as far as drive identification is concerned!

gtabomber · 14 May 2006 at 13:11

I might have found it.

After rebuilding with a faulty drive my XP install is now fudged. Im running the windows install and it doesnt like doing a quick format, it fails.

Ive laid the 4 hard drives out and im doing a full long winded format.

3 drives are hot as hell. The other one is stone cold in comparison.

Whats the chances that that is the duff one?

gtabomber · 14 May 2006 at 22:28

sorted. i found the drive that wasnt rattling under load. pulled it, its the right one.