On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 01:26:38PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:26:38 -0800 > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] craptastic new drives I got at fry's :( > > I have a few Maxtors that do this wierd random spindown thing. then you > go to write data to it and it takes a second to spin up.. Im using them > on a small ATA SAN. > > I've also noticed that , and especialy with Maxtors, there are new > settings for these drives that run the drive in "quiet mode" or > "performance mode" - performance mode is much more rippin fast - but > man it makes the disk churn really loudly - anyways... the Maxtors seem > to have a bunged up setting when on "auto" which is the default - I've > had to hard set mine one way or the other. and.. in order to set that > at least in cases where I have done that its in the Computers BIOS. So > some Maxtors I have had problems with in one system run perfect in > another since I could hard set that setting. My current wintendo game > box has one Barracuda - and one Maxtor 160G - that would not run well > in another machine.
I think your talking about the acoustic setting... I havnt messed with it, but ive read that it can make a big difference in noise... I may get around to doing some testing today... its so yucky outside today! Jamie > > hope this helps. > > LinuxRocks! wrote: > > >So... I had to drive to pdx last week, and i figured i'd check fry's for > >sata disks, since i wanted some, and didnt want to deal with rebates or > >shipping and all that mess. > > > >So... I find they have maxtors 200gb sata drives for $90, so i get a > >couple... woo hoo... maybe i'll get a sata raid 0 going, then throw in > >my other 2 maxtor 200gb ide drives and do raid 1/0 or 5 or whatever... > >lots of options and fun testing ahead!!! > > > >so after fussing around and having problems over the last week, i > >determine that one of the brand new sata disks has a problem... i dont > >know what it is, but it hangs sometimes, and fsck finds bad blocks on a > >freshly formatted partition. > > > >So... I just got off the phone with fry's and my options are: > > > >1) return it to the store (which means gas$$$ + driving all day) > >2) mail it back to fry's (which means hassle of packing it all up, and > >paying for postage and all that hassle at the P.O.) > >3) return it to maxtor (same hassles as above + online hassle). > > > >since im not driving to wilsonville, its a pain in the ass, and im > >going to have to wait for shipping. > > > >Im thinking the whole raid thing isnt worth the hassle anyway, and i > >will probably just use the drives as regular drives... maybe i can just > >make due with a effed up brand new disk??? Ive tried the maxtor > >utilities, and nothing on it (that will run with sata drives) will fix > >it. > > > >Is there something can do to repair it? ( like write zeros to it (dd > >if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda) or something?) > > > >On a side note, I think the $20 2.5" usb drive enclosure doesnt seem to > >work either! sigh... I hope the $20 pci wifi card works!!!! > > > >fry's was not a happy stop for me :( > > > >Jamie > >_______________________________________________ > >EUGLUG mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
