Comments on: The Drives that Lived! http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/ Diary of an Indie Game Developer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:00:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Matt http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-166 Matt Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:34:48 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-166 I had a SMART diagnosis tool that explained the codes pretty well-- I don't remember what it was. Most of the codes sounded pretty serious, such as the drive not spinning up as quickly as it should, and more read failures than normal. The idea is that once you start getting values like that, it's going to continue to degrade (either slowly or immediately) into a totally broken drive. From what I've heard, ignoring a SMART warning usually leads to a dead drive: there aren't too many false positives. I had a SMART diagnosis tool that explained the codes pretty well– I don’t remember what it was.

Most of the codes sounded pretty serious, such as the drive not spinning up as quickly as it should, and more read failures than normal. The idea is that once you start getting values like that, it’s going to continue to degrade (either slowly or immediately) into a totally broken drive.

From what I’ve heard, ignoring a SMART warning usually leads to a dead drive: there aren’t too many false positives.

]]> By: TheOtherErik http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-165 TheOtherErik Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:53:12 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-165 I just got a new computer with two Western Digital drives -- a 150 gb 10,000 RPM and a 500 gb 7500 RPM. The 150, the boot drive, is super, but the 500 gets a S.M.A.R.T. bios error on startup. I wasn't able to figure out what array of problems are covered by the SMART system, but the manufacturer (Velocity Micro) is sending over a new drive. I just got a new computer with two Western Digital drives — a 150 gb 10,000 RPM and a 500 gb 7500 RPM. The 150, the boot drive, is super, but the 500 gets a S.M.A.R.T. bios error on startup. I wasn’t able to figure out what array of problems are covered by the SMART system, but the manufacturer (Velocity Micro) is sending over a new drive.

]]> By: Matt http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-124 Matt Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:07:33 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-124 The guy mentioned that any time there's a newer, bigger line of hard drives released, there's a good chance they'll suck. In general, when the 750 gig drives come out, buy 500. OTOH, Seagate released a 300 gig drive with pretty much the same hardware, and it's failing just as frequently. So I don't really know. The guy mentioned that any time there’s a newer, bigger line of hard drives released, there’s a good chance they’ll suck. In general, when the 750 gig drives come out, buy 500. OTOH, Seagate released a 300 gig drive with pretty much the same hardware, and it’s failing just as frequently. So I don’t really know.

]]> By: TheOtherErik http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-123 TheOtherErik Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:55:03 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2006-12-15/the-drives-that-lived/#comment-123 “Yeah, we’re getting a lot of those in right now.” Well that's a decent consumer tip. “Yeah, we’re getting a lot of those in right now.”

Well that’s a decent consumer tip.

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