Storage Solutions Seagate Hdd doesn't work nor does it fully die

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Gaurish

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I have a 500gb faulty hdd. It randomly fails on me. It would boot just fine but after some usage. It dies, starts giving i/o errors. I tried running intonation my Friends machine too.same result.

Now, gave it for rma but Seagate gave me same hdd back saying "no faults / checked " :@

What should i do now?

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Gaurish said:
I have a 500gb faulty hdd. It randomly fails on me. It would boot just fine but after some usage. It dies, starts giving i/o errors. I tried running intonation my Friends machine too.same result.

Now, gave it for rma but Seagate gave me same hdd back saying "no faults / checked " :@

What should i do now?

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I am having same problem gave it to accel for rma yesterday....

Which drive u have ?

7200.11 500gb

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My drive pass all test long and short no error in seatools....

I told rma lady try to replace it..... Idiot wrote bad sector on jobsheet
 
LOL.

I am having almost same issue with a 320 gigs Seagate drive.

It gives some I/O error sometime - and sometime works just fine.

I haven't yet tested with any tool though - it started from last Sunday only.
 
Bro, which mobo are you using? Try updating the BIOS. There are changes its an issue with the Mobo....

I had a similar issue with SATA HDD on Intel 865GBF mobo.
 
Tested with Seatools and it passed the SMART test. But Windows doesn't boot with this 500giger plugged in, it just hangs:| so clearly smart data is unreliable.

With Ubuntu Linux -- tried to do a full format. I think was able to fully format the hdd but failed in creating new partitions. the process failed and I had the following scary errors in logs

Code: 
 ata4.01: status: { DRDY }
 ata4: soft resetting link
 ata4.01: configured for UDMA/133
 ata4.01: device reported invalid CHS sector 0
 ata4: EH complete
 ata4.01: limiting speed to UDMA/100:PIO4
 ata4.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
 ata4.01: failed command: READ DMA
 ata4.01: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/f0 tag 0 dma 4096 in 9

Now, then I tried after an hour or so. the formatting-recreating partition process is worked flawlessly. now even window boots fine but.....

I tried transferring some data again & now I hear click-of-death sounds:| so the gist is, the hdd is sometimes faulty but sometimes works fine.
Its all random:@

gaganjain said:
I am having same problem gave it to accel for rma yesterday....
Which drive u have ?
7200.11 500gb
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No, Its Exact model is --> ST3500418AS(500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5)

iknowledge said:
Bro, which mobo are you using? Try updating the BIOS. There are changes its an issue with the Mobo....
I had a similar issue with SATA HDD on Intel 865GBF mobo.
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Its not a mobo issue, I am sure because
a) My Other hdd works fine
b) I tested this 500giger into friends PC. Same behavior

Btw, my mobo is Gigabyte g32m-s2l
 
Have you tried wiping the MBR yet, but from the *clicking* sound, there seems to be some internal mechanical error.

Else you can try my method mentioned in the 3rd post
 
CA50 said:
Drop from height, then it will give SMART error > send it again for RMA :ohyeah:
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can u elaborate regarding the technique ....

I have got 2 160 GB seagate HDD's which loose their warranty in Feb 2012. working fine but sometimes make "click click" sound and fail to boot. SMART reports OK, Seatools reports OK...
 
^
- Pick your HDD.
- Stand straight on a bed/chair
- Raise your hand
- Release the HDD

Hopefully the HDD will develop some fault, and if you are lucky, you might even get a SMART error too :P
 
Power supply can be culprit , Had those click of death sounds with old PSU 350W local, changed SMPS .. till now heard none..
 
CA50 said:
^

- Pick your HDD.

- Stand straight on a bed/chair

- Raise your hand

- Release the HDD

Hopefully the HDD will develop some fault, and if you are lucky, you might even get a SMART error too :P
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won't the HDD incur some of physical damage if dropped straight on the floor ...which inturn will be visible to service centre guys...??
 
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