One of the harddrive's dead

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Jacky Luk

How do I check which of my harddrive is dead?
I heard squeaking sound, but couldn't confirm which hard drive has bad
sectors. They are really hot now...
Are there any alternatives other than powermax? I don't really deal with
them at low level.
Thanks in advance
Jack
 
Rod Speed said:
Post the Everest SMART data for the drives.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181



Maxtor drives dont like that. Fix that by adding a fan etc.
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Hi,
Actually, I have 2 fans at the front of my case, they are close to the hard
drives I mentioned (One drive mounted on top of the other). The
motherboard's sensors indicated to me that (Intel D865PERL) "Zone 2" of my
motherboard got really hot. I have 2 SATA and 2 PATA drives connected. I
touched on the surface of the drives, I felt they were really burning, but
only sometimes, I have replaced one the drives and the problem persisted, so
I might be swapping out the wrong drive... :)
Thanks
Jack
 
run scandisc. it will tell u of any hard drive errors. if the damage
is serious, i would suggest replacing the drive.
 
Hi,
Actually, I have 2 fans at the front of my case, they are close to the hard
drives I mentioned (One drive mounted on top of the other). The
motherboard's sensors indicated to me that (Intel D865PERL) "Zone 2" of my
motherboard got really hot. I have 2 SATA and 2 PATA drives connected. I
touched on the surface of the drives, I felt they were really burning, but
only sometimes, I have replaced one the drives and the problem persisted, so
I might be swapping out the wrong drive... :)
Thanks
Jack
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Unless you have VERY high room temps, a drive with a fan
blowing across it will stay plenty cool enough unless there
is another significant problem like a case mounting that
revents proper airflow through the fan.

You should not stack one drive directly atop the other
though, unless the bay leaves a little space between the two
so some of the airflow can reach the bottom of the upper
drive(s). Same for the bottom drive though, if butted up
against a solid metal wall on the drive cage.

Some cases (particularly cheap or old generic ones) aren't
suitable for modern drives because they tried to cram the
most drives possible in a tiny amount of space and using
least amount possible of metal to make the drive cage. It
is sad that they scrimp so much that a few cents and a
moment isn't taken to properly design but unfortunately the
case designer doesn't have to store THEIR data in it.
 
Actually, I have 2 fans at the front of my case, they are close to
the hard drives I mentioned (One drive mounted on top of the other).
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You must have done something wrong, like have the fans blowing in the
wrong direction etc, because that should avoid getting the drives that hot.
The motherboard's sensors indicated to me that (Intel D865PERL) "Zone 2" of my motherboard got
really hot.
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More evidence that you likely have the fans the wrong way
around so the fans are fighting the other fans airflow wise.

Fans at the front in front of the drives should be blowing into the case.
I have 2 SATA and 2 PATA drives connected.
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Thats quite a few in a small case.
I touched on the surface of the drives, I felt they were really burning, but only sometimes,
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You can get that effect if the room temperature varys a lot.
The room temp can make a surprising difference when the
cooling is marginal with all the drives mounted adjacent with
no free slot between them.
I have replaced one the drives and the problem
persisted, so I might be swapping out the wrong drive... :)
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Its unlikely to be a failing drive, that shouldnt affect the drive temperature.

Most likely you just have the fans in backwards.
 
kony said:
Unless you have VERY high room temps, a drive with a fan
blowing across it will stay plenty cool enough unless there
is another significant problem like a case mounting that
revents proper airflow through the fan.

You should not stack one drive directly atop the other
though, unless the bay leaves a little space between the two
so some of the airflow can reach the bottom of the upper
drive(s). Same for the bottom drive though, if butted up
against a solid metal wall on the drive cage.

Some cases (particularly cheap or old generic ones) aren't
suitable for modern drives because they tried to cram the
most drives possible in a tiny amount of space and using
least amount possible of metal to make the drive cage. It
is sad that they scrimp so much that a few cents and a
moment isn't taken to properly design but unfortunately the
case designer doesn't have to store THEIR data in it.
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The short story is that they were never designed to hold 4 hard drives.
 
The short story is that they were never designed to hold 4 hard drives.
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Quite a few of them have at least 2 or 3 drive positions and
even these are put as close together as physically possible
instead of allowing some space between them.

Even worse was then the area in front of the bay was solid
metal, or barely perforated and no fan mount there at all,
at most the fan was in the bottom and the drive rack in the
middle so it could double as a floppy drive rack while
putting the floppy in the middle of the system instead of
nearer the bottom.
 
Quite a few of them have at least 2 or 3 drive positions
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That aint the same thing as being designed to hold 4 hard drives, stupid.
and even these are put as close together as physically
possible instead of allowing some space between them.
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Yes, because they werent designed to hold 4 hard drives, stupid.
Even worse was then the area in front of the bay was solid
metal, or barely perforated and no fan mount there at all,
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Yes, because they werent designed to hold 4 hard drives, stupid.

They work fine with one hard drive.
at most the fan was in the bottom and the drive rack in the middle
so it could double as a floppy drive rack while putting the floppy in
the middle of the system instead of nearer the bottom.
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Yes, because they werent designed to hold 4 hard drives, stupid.
 
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