seagates died :(

Flyordie · Jul 7, 2009

Wile E said:
Heat doesn't cause an electronics failure unless the drive was damn near on fire.

And whether you like it or not Mark, Google has collected a hell of a lot more info on this than all of us put together. If they say operating temps in the 45-55 range don't kill drives, they have data from thousands of dead drives to prove it. It wasn't an empty statement, but one verified thru facts.

And there's no way those drives overheated in that enclosure anyway, so long as the fan was working. It takes very little airflow to keep a drive in operating temps.

My 11 500GB 7200.11s are running a nice and "warm" temp..
Fahrenheit
97.9, 98.3, 98.7, 96.3, 94.1, 94.8, 95.6, 95.1, 94.8, 84.1, 84.8
The last 2 are idle 99% of the time unless one of the other drives fails... the others are in a RAID6 array with 1x 120mm fan blowing "cool" air on them. I was a lucky turd and got a 10yr warranty on them all. So far I have had 4 die around the temps listed.

Wile E · Jul 7, 2009

Then there's no way your failures were heat related, as the highest temp you have listed is 36.6C. Right in the prime operating range of the hard drive.

eidairaman1 · Jul 7, 2009

im going to say this, the Powersupply probably had its hand in killing those drives, i wouldnt be surprised if your Optical drives, videocard, even motherboard wind up going bad because of that PSU.

newtekie1 · Jul 7, 2009

mudkip said:
I also had a Seagate 250GB died after a year or so...

bad BAD quality products

And I had a Western Digital RAID Edition, which is supposed to have their longest MTBF rate out of any drive die after ~6 months. It doesn't stop me from buying Western Digital drives. And I certainly don't consider their products bad quality wise. Shit happens, nothing is perfect.

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seagates died :(

Flyordie

Wile E

Power User

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

newtekie1

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