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Faulty HDD or more serious?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gawain76" data-source="post: 981651" data-attributes="member: 139118"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>OK, I have now received my replacement HDD; another WD5000BEVT but this one was manufactured in December 2009 in Thailand while my previous faulty one was October 2009 from Malaysia. </p><p></p><p>Cloned my old HDD to this new one and everything is working well. Fast access, no hangs, no freezes - just as it should be. The only difference is a constant quiet whirring coming from the drive, as though it is working continuously, even when the system is apparently idle. Well I can put up with that (it's not very loud) if it means I have a good HDD at last with bags of extra space. Just hope it lasts!</p><p></p><p>So I am thinking that this later built HDD has some new firmware that stops it sleeping and pausing all the time. I didn't change anything in my installation so for me, at least, it was the old WD HDD that caused the problems. Thankfully now all gone so, for now, I'm happy. </p><p></p><p>Thanks chscag for your suggestions. Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gawain76, post: 981651, member: 139118"] Update: OK, I have now received my replacement HDD; another WD5000BEVT but this one was manufactured in December 2009 in Thailand while my previous faulty one was October 2009 from Malaysia. Cloned my old HDD to this new one and everything is working well. Fast access, no hangs, no freezes - just as it should be. The only difference is a constant quiet whirring coming from the drive, as though it is working continuously, even when the system is apparently idle. Well I can put up with that (it's not very loud) if it means I have a good HDD at last with bags of extra space. Just hope it lasts! So I am thinking that this later built HDD has some new firmware that stops it sleeping and pausing all the time. I didn't change anything in my installation so for me, at least, it was the old WD HDD that caused the problems. Thankfully now all gone so, for now, I'm happy. Thanks chscag for your suggestions. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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