***** SEAGATE BARRACUDA 2TB 6Gb/s 64MB cache (ST2000DL003) ***** IN STOCK (OFFER ENDED)
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Soldato
I am hoping one of them will read this post soon. I would like to know what the yellow highlight on HDTune means and why it has affected my F3 so much to have it installed. More to the point, why has my F3 lost all its performance even when the new drive isnt connected.
Just some rading i have done elsewhere
The Spin Retry Count is attribute which stores a total count of the spin start attempts to reach the fully operational speed (under the condition that the first attempt was unsuccessful). A decrease of this Spin Retry Count value is a sign of problems in the hard disk mechanical subsystem.
also this
Speed Fan Would be Better Alternative to Check for Spin Retry Count than Hdtune As Sometime the Result of Hdtune Are not Upto The mark and Cannot be Taken in Consideration Here a Small description about the Speed Fan, SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too. SpeedFan can even change the FSB on some hardware (but this should be considered a bonus feature). SpeedFan can access digital temperature sensors and can change fan speeds accordingly, thus reducing noise. SpeedFan can find almost any hardware monitor chip connected to the 2-wire SMBus (System Management Bus (trademark belonging to SMIF, Inc.), a subset of the I2C protocol) and works fine with Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Windows Vista. It works with Windows 64 bit too.
Maybe the OS or something else is adjusting a setting to accomodate the 2TB drive and this is affecting the F3 performance?
Soldato
So as my drive is having to try more then once to get upto speed (according to HDTune) you would see this as a problem and I should return the drive to OcUK?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=116
Go here then in rma and post a link to this thread showing your problem see what o.c say.
Go here then in rma and post a link to this thread showing your problem see what o.c say.
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Dont see the point of a 5400RPM drive using SATA 3?
Soldato
something indeed seems odd here, obviously oc would want you to run a quick diagnostic on it, but the evidence here is pretty solid.
Definately refer to this thread if you Webnote tech, and also could you run some tests of the drives when both plugged in alone?
Definately refer to this thread if you Webnote tech, and also could you run some tests of the drives when both plugged in alone?
Soldato
I have referred them to this thread on the RMA/Technical Quieries areas. If you look at post 33 I did a test with the F3 solo and it still gave me issues that I did not have before.
I really dont know what to do now as my F3 seems to have issues with or without the new drive, but I am unsure why this has happened. Also I am unsure why the new drive is having issues in the first place. It has to be something to do with what is highlighted in yellow on HDTune in one of my previous posts.
It looks as though changing the drives sata ports to test speeds has had an adverse affect on the drive. the only explanation I can think of is driver signing from one port to the next due to potentially running the drives on 2 separate controllers. Ill speak with technical to see if they know of anything like this and if they dont I will have a look to see if it can be replicated some how.
Soldato
I must be honest, I dont completely understand what you mean. If you think there is something I can try to help the situation, if you post it then I can see if I can do it.
Would you like me to post the steps I have taken so far so you can recreate the issue?
Swapping the SATA port on both drives has resulted with both drives no showing massive dips. As such going from ports 1 and 2 (as an example) to then 3 and 4 and re running tests and back again has some how caused the issue. How the issue has been caused of what the issue is though I could not tell you as I honestly do not know but as said, I will speak with technical to see if they have seen similar before and if they know what causes this.
sweet deal AM
might have to upgrade my NAS to a pair of these over my current barracuda 1TB LP drives
Doubling up on storage capacity whilst increasing performance a smidge has never been so cheap. Going to do the same and have one tomorrow before the price goes up
Soldato
Thanks Andrew. I might be away for a few days starting tomorrow but I will check back soon as I can to see if there has been a solution found. Thanks
Soldato
Just to add some information, SpeedFan found no errors on the new drive. Dont know if it helps at all, but thought I would share.
Soldato
The worry is that there has been some sort of unexpected feedback from the drive which has degraded your SATA ports. Can you test the disk on another controller or board. If that works the fear would be your MB has had it...
Soldato
Well if you want to know something odd...I tested randomly last night whenever I could to see if anything had improved. I got normal results. No low spikes or anything. I did this with both the F3 and the Seagate. I boot this morning though and the first thing I do is do a test on the F3 and I get a poor test results. After I had a shower and did it again it had improved.
Now, could it be that something on my PC is playing up after bootup for a small amount of time causing these issues? This would explain my weird findings on my previous tests as they were straight after a boot.
Both HDDs have been workin great since, in fact the new 2TB is even faster then I thought it would be. I would still like to know why I have yellow highlights on HD Tune though.