Folks,
Just taken in a new 74Gb Raptor yesterday to run as my OS drive.
On powering it up yesterday, it sounded like a chainsaw had been started in the room. I'd heard they were a bit noisy but this was taking the proverbial. After about 30 seconds the noise started to die down until after a minute it was as silent as the rest of my drives (F1s), so I assumed this was just a case of dry bearings, it will get better.
Installed everything and life went back to normal
Went in this morning, powered on and had exactly the same noise for around the same period. Not so good, can't have this every day
Thought I'd run some diagnostics using HD Tune.
Smart data:
Benchmark:
Now, the benchmark I thought might just be something else accessing the drive, so I ran the test a couple more times. Each time I got the same result, around 60% throughput drops down to 50MB/s then rises again at around 67%. I'm worried about the high number of reallocated sectors, and suspect these to be at the 60-66% area.
An error scan in HD Tune passes successfully. I've got an extended test about to start using the WD diagnostic tool.
Should I be worried about this drop-off in performance and high reallocated sector count, especially since I've only just received this drive?
Just taken in a new 74Gb Raptor yesterday to run as my OS drive.
On powering it up yesterday, it sounded like a chainsaw had been started in the room. I'd heard they were a bit noisy but this was taking the proverbial. After about 30 seconds the noise started to die down until after a minute it was as silent as the rest of my drives (F1s), so I assumed this was just a case of dry bearings, it will get better.
Installed everything and life went back to normal
Went in this morning, powered on and had exactly the same noise for around the same period. Not so good, can't have this every day
Thought I'd run some diagnostics using HD Tune.
Smart data:
Benchmark:
Now, the benchmark I thought might just be something else accessing the drive, so I ran the test a couple more times. Each time I got the same result, around 60% throughput drops down to 50MB/s then rises again at around 67%. I'm worried about the high number of reallocated sectors, and suspect these to be at the 60-66% area.
An error scan in HD Tune passes successfully. I've got an extended test about to start using the WD diagnostic tool.
Should I be worried about this drop-off in performance and high reallocated sector count, especially since I've only just received this drive?
