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Anyone has the same bad experience as BLKMGK? I wanted to use my Asus P5B-VM DO with the new 3TB HDDs but if it's necessary to change the mobo for a new and cheap one, what would you choose? My CPU is a Intel Celeron 430 1.80GHz FSB800 Box socket 775, must I change it too? Here is my unfinished unraid box: Box: Sharkoon Rebel 12 Val. Ed. Bl ATX CPU: Intel Celeron 430 1.80GHz FSB800 Box socket 775 Mobo: Asus P5B-VM DO Hard drive bays (non-hot swap): 2 x Cooler Master + 2 x Thermaltake iCage RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 1GBB DDR2 800 PC2-6400 x 2 Power Supply: Corsair TX650 650W - CMPSU-650TXEU Expasion Card: Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 + Adaptec 1430SA, 1430A - 4 Port SATA II - PCI-E Fans: the Case ones + Tacens Aura II 80x80 Drives: 14 x WD2003FYYS (But I want to expand to 20 x WD30EZRX green ones; the WD30EFRX red ones are more expensive and I'm not sure if they are better for my big unraid box) Thanks again in advance.

Does the Asus P5B-VM DO support 3TB hdds? Anyone knows? Thanks in advance.

If I'm just installing one drive, I install it without pre-clearing. Some of those enterprise drives come with output reports on the drives status, but they are expensive. Thanks, but I'm building a 21x2TB server for my BD's (I've already 12 full), so I'll pre-clear all the HDDs. They are expensive, but here in Spain I'm buying them for the same price of the WD20EARS or HD204UI

Thanks, I'll preclear one cicle each one.

Hi! I've just bought some WD RE4 Enterprise SATA 2TB MAESTRO WD2003FYYS. I've read that these HDDs are put "through extended burn-in testing with thermal cycling to ensure reliable operation". So, do you think that these HDDS need Preclear? Thanks in advance.

Thanks again, Joe.

Please, Joe, take a quick look of my last 2 precleared HDDs. Thanks in advance

I open them with "Notepad++" and then save them as txt.

Here are the results of my last 2 Samsung HD204UI: preclear_finish_sdb_2011-05-15.txt preclear_finish_sdc_2011-05-15.txt preclear_rpt_sdb_2011-05-15.txt preclear_rpt_sdc_2011-05-15.txt

Ah, I didn't know it. Thanks again, Joe.

Thanks, secretagent. I'll make it in the next big Pre-clear

They look good. I think 12 concurrent clear processes is a new record. It did keep the server plenty busy, so I'm sure it was a good burn-in test of the disks, disk controllers, and motherboard. I think the same. I was only worried about not to watch the Pre-clear screen again ("screen - r" didn't work; next time I'll name my screens to find them back in an easier way as the user secrectagent suggested me), but I received an email when each HDD had finishied and could save my results too.

Does the BIOS screen for the controller come up and allow you to enter to firmware program to change parameters with the right cables in place? Yes, I entered to the controller Bios without a problem.

Yes, I received the new cables yesterday and they work properly. Good luck for me

Third and last one 12_HDDs_Pre-Clear_results_-_Part_3.txt