[TriLUG] controller causing read errors?

[Ron Kelley]

>  I replaced that the third drive started reporting errors in about a week.
> 
Or, bad SATA cables.  Try replacing them and see what happens...



> I'll look for bulging capacitors.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> 
> 
> On 01/25/2011 10:21 AM, William Chandler wrote:
>> Also note that SMART doesn't work on USB devices (last time I checked, over
>> 2 years ago.)  How's the cooling situation in the case?  Try to make sure
>> it's not overheating if possible.  Are the Hard Drives fairly large?  What's
>> the vendor/firmware?  Are they connected to a RAID array?  What filesystem
>> are you using?  Are you passing any specific arguments?  How often are they
>> failing?  SSD or Platter?  You can also look on your machine for bulging
>> capicators -- they may be sending incorrect voltages to your devices (crazy,
>> but possible.)
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jim<jjtuttle at trilug.org>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'm on my 3rd hard drive in a month.  Each reported read errors and then
>>> reallocated sectors.  I'm starting to suspect that this isn't coincidence
>>> and that the hard drive controller or other hardware is damaging the drives
>>> or misreporting the SMART data.  Is this possible?
>>> 
>>> To successfully get a replacement machine I'll have to prove that I'm not
>>> making this up.  Is there anyway to track down the cause?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
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