WD Red dying?

JamesPearlEX · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:39

I got a 3TB WD Red late December 2013 and it has been fine up until about a week ago. Whenever the drive is accessed it makes a noticeable vibrating/grinding sound that I have never heard before. As the drive is used for my browsers cache it is accessed quite frequently and the sound gets a bit annoying.
The drive is mounted using the rubber grommets in my Fractal R4 so I don't think it is just the case amplifying the sound.
According to CrystalDiskInfo the drive has a good health status. The current power on hours are 4836 and the raw LCC value is 47443. The LCC is not massively high which can quite often be the case with WD Reds from what I have read.
Is my drive dying or am I just getting paranoid?

CaNsA · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:51

SMART data?
HDTune scan?

JamesPearlEX · 3 Sep 2014 at 17:55

SMART data from CrystalDiskInfo:

(1) WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0
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Model : WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0
Firmware : 80.00A80
Disk Size : 3000.5 GB (8.4/137.4/3000.5/3000.5)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 5860533168
Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-2
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 4836 hours
Power On Count : 42 count
Temperature : 31 C (87 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 200 200 _51 000000000000 Read Error Rate
03 180 178 _21 00000000174E Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 00000000003A Start/Stop Count
05 200 200 140 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 200 200 __0 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
09 _94 _94 __0 0000000012E4 Power-On Hours
0A 100 253 __0 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0B 100 253 __0 000000000000 Recalibration Retries
0C 100 100 __0 00000000002A Power Cycle Count
C0 200 200 __0 000000000010 Power-off Retract Count
C1 185 185 __0 00000000B95B Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 119 109 __0 00000000001F Temperature
C4 200 200 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 200 200 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 253 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8 100 253 __0 000000000000 Write Error Rate

nutcase · 3 Sep 2014 at 19:28

I had a 4TB die on me at the weekend. New in May this year. 1st I've had go in a LONG time. Bought a replacement that went into the array today. The one WD send me can be a backup as it's probably a re-cert rather than new.

EssexBoy · 5 Sep 2014 at 06:05

back up what you have just in case if you have not already.

rishy · 5 Sep 2014 at 22:50

I am sure that WD do an an no quibble advanced RMA where they send you a hdd first just got to put a credit card as security, so i would get it swapped. the drive will be a re-cert with existing warranty transfered