>> >> > > Which Drive Genius 2 test did you run? I suspect you just ran the Scan (for > bad sector) test. I've got a stack of drives that pass that, multiple times. > But the same drives have failed the Integrity Check test, especially when set > to do Sustained Read and/or Sustained Write for more than 5 minutes (I use 30 > minutes most of the time). >
I ran the verify and also the repair with Drive Genius 2. Now I'll run the integrity Sustained Write test and see what that produces. > SMART is much more sophisticated. It looks for and picks up all kinds of > anomalies that Drive Genius 2, Disk Utility and DiskWarrior don't. It only > takes one little anomaly to turn the icon red, if I understand correctly. > That's an early warning of impending failure. I've seen drives run for months > with a red icon, and I've seen them die shortly after the icon turns red. It > all depends on the failure mode(s). Click on the SmartReporter icon and then > Display Log, which should give an indication of the type of failure the > built-in self-diagnostic SMART utility has found. > > Whatever you do, make sure you get a new drive and that Seagate replaces the > one with a SMART warning. > > Jim Scott > I think the drive is about a year and a half old so I wonder about Seatate giving me a new one also I don't have the receipt. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
