7 Sep
2012
7 Sep
'12
9:18 a.m.
At 09:07 PM 9/5/2012, Keith Monahan wrote:
A 1TB seagate (7200.11) failed with a Reallocated
Sector Count(4153!!). It was also indicating some Offline Uncorrectables. Seagate's
utility offered up a defect verification code (or whatever it is called) and off to
seagate. They replaced it, although their rma process was SLOW SLOW SLOW.
I've been seeing some horrible failure rates on that first gen of 1 TB
(consumer) drives, now that it's about two years out. I had some
fail almost right away, and I RMA'd them, and those failed, too.
I am right that SMART doesn't pass-through if the drive is in an
external USB case?
- John