WD Caviar Black HDD not performing right

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       #11

    I guess its just me then. Ive tried a new cable and nothing.
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       #12

    redfang337 said:
    Also, WD HDD's tend to crash alot, youre better off with a company like Toshiba or Seagate, look up reviews about a harddrive you might want, make sure it doesn't have a history of crashing :)
    Horse Pucky! WD does not have a higher failure rate than any of the major HHD manufacturers. You may see more posts about WD...becuse there are more WD drives being used. Most HHD problems come back to the user, user runs high temps, poor computer practices, and under powered PSU's causing pending sector counts or other problems.

    Out of the nine current HHD's I have running, five are WD. I have a very old 40gb WD that still runs at perfect health.
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       #13

    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    Boozad said:
    ...In short Caviar Blacks are very noisy drives.
    Whatever you do, don't tell my Blacks. Apparently, they didn't get the memo.


    I have 2 x 500gb Caviar Blacks in another rig for over a year now - no crashes or problems :)
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       #14

    fezbombmatt said:
    When you say test in another PC will it be fine to just plug in as another drive for access then test copying to and from or actually boot from it?
    Yes, you can test the HD in another PC as long as you have an available Sata data and power connection available.
    It doesn't have to be the "Boot/OS" drive, just connect it as another disk drive and test it with HD Tune.

    With a min transfer rate of 1.6 MB/sec, something is wrong imho.
    I find it hard to believe you would get 3 hard drives with the same problem, so testing in another PC would eliminate your current OS/Software as the cause of this problem (if it is a hardware problem).

    Compare your screen print in post#1 to what you see on HD Tune website for the Blue Transfer Rate data.
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       #15

    Stephanie said:
    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    Boozad said:
    ...In short Caviar Blacks are very noisy drives.
    Whatever you do, don't tell my Blacks. Apparently, they didn't get the memo.


    I have 2 x 500gb Caviar Blacks in another rig for over a year now - no crashes or problems :)
    I have a 2TB Black and a 2TB Green in both of my rigs and they're absolutely fine.
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       #16

    DavidW7ncus said:
    fezbombmatt said:
    When you say test in another PC will it be fine to just plug in as another drive for access then test copying to and from or actually boot from it?
    Yes, you can test the HD in another PC as long as you have an available Sata data and power connection available.
    It doesn't have to be the "Boot/OS" drive, just connect it as another disk drive and test it with HD Tune.

    With a min transfer rate of 1.6 MB/sec, something is wrong imho.
    I find it hard to believe you would get 3 hard drives with the same problem, so testing in another PC would eliminate your current OS/Software as the cause of this problem (if it is a hardware problem).

    Compare your screen print in post#1 to what you see on HD Tune website for the Blue Transfer Rate data.
    Il do this then and get back to you. Thanks
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  7. Posts : 197
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       #17

    I wont be able to test the HDD until Saturday.

    Any chance my RAM could cause HDD issues? I wouldnt know ive never had a faulty RAM stick as of yet. And testing RAM properly takes a bloody while.
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       #18

    redfang337 said:
    Also, WD HDD's tend to crash alot, youre better off with a company like Toshiba or Seagate, look up reviews about a harddrive you might want, make sure it doesn't have a history of crashing :)
    Well I gotta say I don't know where this comes from. I have been running many WD drivers for over a decade and they don't "crash".

    The black drives are kind of loud - they are meant for performance. I have older ones that support AAM and run mine in lower acoustic mode where they are pretty quiet. This impacts the access tim though as the heads position more slowly to reduce noise.
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       #19

    fezbombmatt said:
    I wont be able to test the HDD until Saturday.

    Any chance my RAM could cause HDD issues? I wouldnt know ive never had a faulty RAM stick as of yet. And testing RAM properly takes a bloody while.
    Doubt it would affect hard drive performance.
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       #20

    You can boot Windows in Safe Mode and run HD Tune to see if that makes a difference.
    Testing in Safe Mode could eliminate a lot of your "Software/configuration" as the cause of a transfer rate issue.
    It's something you can test, without waiting to attach the HD to a different PC for testing.
    Use Option ONE in Safe Mode
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