Problem with Western Digital Green drive and Asus motherboard
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From: Rod Speed on 3 Dec 2009 22:07 Fred wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> annily wrote >>> A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap PC, without operating system, and >>> installed Windows 7 on it. >>> It developed a problem where the system woould freeze for 30 seconds >>> or more at seemingly random intervals, with the hard disk LED on >>> solid. I originally thought it was a problem with Win 7, since other >>> people had reported similar symptoms with that. >>> After quite a bit of troubleshooting, trying things that had >>> apparently worked for other people and getting nowhere, I decided to >>> try Win XP on the same hardware. Lo and behold, it had the problem too. >>> I then installed Win 7 on an older Dell system. This worked fine, so >>> I began to suspect that it was some sort of hardware-related problem >>> with the new system. >>> So today, I replaced the WD drive with a Samsung HD502HJ, and after >>> several hours running, the problem has not occurred. >>> The WD drive is a WD10EADS. The motherboard is an Asus P5KPL-AM/PS. >> It would be interesting to see the Everest SMART report on the WD10EADS. >> It may just be retrying on errors and eventually succeeding and thats >> what is producing the pauses. > It may also be a power management compatability issue with the ASUS board. I doubt it. > Those green drives have something called InteliPark written into their firmware. Where the heads are withdrawn from > the platter to reduce drag and therefore reduce power consumption. That shouldnt produce anything like a 30 sec freeze with the hard drive led on solid. >> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 >>> Another interesting point is that the new Samsung drive does not >>> show up under Disk Drives in Device Manager, despite the fact that >>> it shows in the BIOS and works fine. I've never seen that before. >> With which OS ? I certainly dont get that with my Samsungs.
From: Rod Speed on 3 Dec 2009 22:08 annily wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: >> annily wrote: >>> A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap PC, without operating system, and >>> installed Windows 7 on it. >>> >>> It developed a problem where the system woould freeze for 30 seconds >>> or more at seemingly random intervals, with the hard disk LED on >>> solid. I originally thought it was a problem with Win 7, since other >>> people had reported similar symptoms with that. >>> >>> After quite a bit of troubleshooting, trying things that had >>> apparently worked for other people and getting nowhere, I decided to >>> try Win XP on the same hardware. Lo and behold, it had the problem >>> too. >>> I then installed Win 7 on an older Dell system. This worked fine, >>> so I began to suspect that it was some sort of hardware-related >>> problem with the new system. >>> >>> So today, I replaced the WD drive with a Samsung HD502HJ, and after >>> several hours running, the problem has not occurred. >> >>> The WD drive is a WD10EADS. The motherboard is an Asus P5KPL-AM/PS. >> >> It would be interesting to see the Everest SMART report on the >> WD10EADS. It may just be retrying on errors and eventually succeeding and >> thats what is producing the pauses. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 >> > > I did run the WD diagnostic utility on it, and it didn't find anything > wrong. I think that showed the SMART figures (at least something I ran > did) and they were all within bounds. What matters is ANY pending sectors or reallocated sectors with a pause like that.
From: Gregory Shearman on 4 Dec 2009 00:19 On 2009-12-03, annily <annily(a)ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote: > A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap PC, without operating system, and > installed Windows 7 on it. > > It developed a problem where the system woould freeze for 30 seconds or > more at seemingly random intervals, with the hard disk LED on solid. I > originally thought it was a problem with Win 7, since other people had > reported similar symptoms with that. > > After quite a bit of troubleshooting, trying things that had apparently > worked for other people and getting nowhere, I decided to try Win XP on > the same hardware. Lo and behold, it had the problem too. > > I then installed Win 7 on an older Dell system. This worked fine, so I > began to suspect that it was some sort of hardware-related problem with > the new system. > > So today, I replaced the WD drive with a Samsung HD502HJ, and after > several hours running, the problem has not occurred. > > The WD drive is a WD10EADS. The motherboard is an Asus P5KPL-AM/PS. > > Another interesting point is that the new Samsung drive does not show up > under Disk Drives in Device Manager, despite the fact that it shows in > the BIOS and works fine. I've never seen that before. I run the same Western Digital HDD. It's a SATA drive and I've had no problems at all with it running under Linux. I've had the drive for around 6 months now. -- Regards, Gregory. Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
From: annily on 4 Dec 2009 01:58 Rod Speed wrote: > annily wrote: >> Rod Speed wrote: >>> annily wrote: >>>> A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap PC, without operating system, and >>>> installed Windows 7 on it. >>>> >>>> It developed a problem where the system woould freeze for 30 seconds >>>> or more at seemingly random intervals, with the hard disk LED on >>>> solid. I originally thought it was a problem with Win 7, since other >>>> people had reported similar symptoms with that. >>>> >>>> After quite a bit of troubleshooting, trying things that had >>>> apparently worked for other people and getting nowhere, I decided to >>>> try Win XP on the same hardware. Lo and behold, it had the problem >>>> too. >>>> I then installed Win 7 on an older Dell system. This worked fine, >>>> so I began to suspect that it was some sort of hardware-related >>>> problem with the new system. >>>> >>>> So today, I replaced the WD drive with a Samsung HD502HJ, and after >>>> several hours running, the problem has not occurred. >>>> The WD drive is a WD10EADS. The motherboard is an Asus P5KPL-AM/PS. >>> It would be interesting to see the Everest SMART report on the >>> WD10EADS. It may just be retrying on errors and eventually succeeding and >>> thats what is producing the pauses. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4181 >>> >> I did run the WD diagnostic utility on it, and it didn't find anything >> wrong. I think that showed the SMART figures (at least something I ran >> did) and they were all within bounds. > > What matters is ANY pending sectors or reallocated sectors with a pause like that. > > I don't know what is meant by pending or re-allocated sectors. -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions.
From: annily on 4 Dec 2009 02:01
Gregory Shearman wrote: > On 2009-12-03, annily <annily(a)ihopethisdoesntexist.com> wrote: >> A few weeks ago, I bought a cheap PC, without operating system, and >> installed Windows 7 on it. >> >> It developed a problem where the system woould freeze for 30 seconds or >> more at seemingly random intervals, with the hard disk LED on solid. I >> originally thought it was a problem with Win 7, since other people had >> reported similar symptoms with that. >> >> After quite a bit of troubleshooting, trying things that had apparently >> worked for other people and getting nowhere, I decided to try Win XP on >> the same hardware. Lo and behold, it had the problem too. >> >> I then installed Win 7 on an older Dell system. This worked fine, so I >> began to suspect that it was some sort of hardware-related problem with >> the new system. >> >> So today, I replaced the WD drive with a Samsung HD502HJ, and after >> several hours running, the problem has not occurred. >> >> The WD drive is a WD10EADS. The motherboard is an Asus P5KPL-AM/PS. >> >> Another interesting point is that the new Samsung drive does not show up >> under Disk Drives in Device Manager, despite the fact that it shows in >> the BIOS and works fine. I've never seen that before. > > I run the same Western Digital HDD. It's a SATA drive and I've had no > problems at all with it running under Linux. I've had the drive for > around 6 months now. > Good for you, but not particularly relevant to my problem with the drive under two different versions of Windows and presumably different hardware from yours. I certainly was not suggesting that the drive would cause this symptom in all cases. I can only assume I have a fairly unusual configuration. -- Long-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions. |