DuckieHo
12-18-2007, 10:30 AM
This is a weird issue so bare with me. I got a used 7200.10 HD and having extremely unusually issues. The HD locks up every few seconds and the OS loses it briefly. I can hear the HD click as the disk heads go back to resting position. After hours of testing, I think I found the issue. It is not the data cables (I've tried 5 different ones). The hard drive SMART data checks out fine and CHKDISK passes.
The hard drive does work... only if it gets a SATA power cable directly to it. When the HD is hooked up on the same power cable as two Raptors, the 7200.10 starts acting weird again. I am running a Seasonic 600w and the rails are look fine with a multimeter. I had a Maxtor running with the Raptors on the same power cable and that worked fine for a year.
It shouldn't be the HD isn't recieving enough power since the HDs are powered in parallel. ...so why would a HD not work when it shares power? I could perhaps run a seperate power line... but it would make my cable management so much harder. I also would like to figure why it does this.
The hard drive does work... only if it gets a SATA power cable directly to it. When the HD is hooked up on the same power cable as two Raptors, the 7200.10 starts acting weird again. I am running a Seasonic 600w and the rails are look fine with a multimeter. I had a Maxtor running with the Raptors on the same power cable and that worked fine for a year.
It shouldn't be the HD isn't recieving enough power since the HDs are powered in parallel. ...so why would a HD not work when it shares power? I could perhaps run a seperate power line... but it would make my cable management so much harder. I also would like to figure why it does this.