[TriLUG] controller causing read errors?

[William Chandler]

Also note that SMART doesn't work on USB devices (last time I checked, over
2 years ago.)  How's the cooling situation in the case?  Try to make sure
it's not overheating if possible.  Are the Hard Drives fairly large?  What's
the vendor/firmware?  Are they connected to a RAID array?  What filesystem
are you using?  Are you passing any specific arguments?  How often are they
failing?  SSD or Platter?  You can also look on your machine for bulging
capicators -- they may be sending incorrect voltages to your devices (crazy,
but possible.)

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jim <jjtuttle at trilug.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm on my 3rd hard drive in a month.  Each reported read errors and then
> reallocated sectors.  I'm starting to suspect that this isn't coincidence
> and that the hard drive controller or other hardware is damaging the drives
> or misreporting the SMART data.  Is this possible?
>
> To successfully get a replacement machine I'll have to prove that I'm not
> making this up.  Is there anyway to track down the cause?
>
> Thanks!
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