Samsung ecogreen 1.5tb format issue

yorkshirelad84 · 24 Jul 2009 at 17:58

Hi all,
I've recentely bought 1 of these drives, and it simply won't format past 73%, this is the 2nd drive, as samsung assured me the drive i sent back was faulty, (did the same thing as this 1)

I'm really stuck for how i can format it, doesnt quick format

Greenlizard0 · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:01

You know, I had very similar problems as you. :confused:

The first drive arrived and had 26.7 or 26.4% bad sectors according to HD Tune. I sent it back to where I got it from, and then the RMA replacement arrived.

I hooked up the second one - and this drive got to 99%, didn't quite format correctly all the way through. But it seemed to be recognised fine, and I transferred what I needed without an issue. However, upon running HD tune on it again yields the "can't read from disk" error. Running the low level error checker also yields the same percentage of bad sectors. However - putting the drive into another previously unused SATA socket will cause it to run without any errors being detected. Swapping a perfectly fine drive into that SATA socket, even if it's a different drive will cause HD Tune to report identical errors. It's bizarre.

steveinspain · 25 Jul 2009 at 07:27

I do hope this isn't a common problem, as I have just ordered two fo the things...

yorkshirelad84 · 25 Jul 2009 at 14:08

Problem sorted, updated chipset driver for my motherboard, and quick format worked, so if it stops part way through format guys, try updating chipset driver

Hope this helps anyone else

Greenlizard0 · 25 Jul 2009 at 14:36

What motherboard do you have?

yorkshirelad84 · 25 Jul 2009 at 14:37

Greenlizard0 said:
What motherboard do you have?

Asus Crosshair, the first 1

Greenlizard0 · 25 Jul 2009 at 14:39

Ah, mine's a M2N-E, could be a problem with older Asus motherboards. I figured it was something dubious with a SATA port or how Windows is handling them.

Stonedofmoo · 25 Jul 2009 at 14:54

So to conclude the drive is actually fine and it was your board that was the issue. Might want to be clear about this so people don't read the original post and get the impression the drives are problematic

My own was OK so I was a little surprised when I saw this thread.

yorkshirelad84 · 25 Jul 2009 at 15:30

Stonedofmoo said:
So to conclude the drive is actually fine and it was your board that was the issue. Might want to be clear about this so people don't read the original post and get the impression the drives are problematic

My own was OK so I was a little surprised when I saw this thread.

I had assumed it was the HDD, as the first was sent back, with the same problem, and confirmed as faulty by samsung, however upon it happening a 2nd time, before going through the hassle of sending it back, i looked into other possible solutions

steveinspain · 25 Jul 2009 at 15:36

Phew !
My mobo is a fairly new one - an Asus P5Q pro, so I am hopeful for a problem free parcel arriving soon - as I need to bring them back with me to Spain before I can test them, it could be a problem if there is a problem...!
Thanks for clearing that up !

Greenlizard0 · 25 Jul 2009 at 21:00

Stonedofmoo said:
So to conclude the drive is actually fine and it was your board that was the issue. Might want to be clear about this so people don't read the original post and get the impression the drives are problematic

My own was OK so I was a little surprised when I saw this thread.

yorkshirelad84 said:
I had assumed it was the HDD, as the first was sent back, with the same problem, and confirmed as faulty by samsung, however upon it happening a 2nd time, before going through the hassle of sending it back, i looked into other possible solutions

Yeap - I sent my first one back with an almost identical no. (%) of bad sectors as the OP. It was tested by a rival to OcUK and confirmed.