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I wouldn't doubt if they're the same PSU's and they just paid to certify them now. This way, they can change the packaging and charge more.

Thanks, I'll look for that.

How do you get those logs to be readable? The logs in my preclear folder are all without extensions, and when I open them in notepad it's a garbled mess. I know it's something small that I'm doing wrong.

Thanks guys, I'll keep this in mind from now on.

I just ran a single cycle of preclear on my new 2TB drive, and everything looks good except one thing. Is a raw read error rate of 51 anything to be worried about? I can't figure out what program to open the preclear log file with either, it's a jumbled mess with notepad. Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdd /tmp/smart_finish_sdd ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 100 252 51 ok 0

Sure, you'll just have to reformat with a file system that Windows can use when you put it into the Windows machine.

^^ With my drives in cages and AHCI enabled, I don't see any drives in the BIOS. But, everything works fine in unRAID.

^^ With my drives in cages and AHCI enabled, I don't see any drives in the BIOS. But, everything works fine in unRAID.

The newer iStar's (well, certainly the BPN-340 and 350) use blue for power on, red for activity. Of course they would, especially after I ordered 3 of these guys Are you saying that the ones I purchased use red/blue light colors?

I'd be more than happy if there was an activity only light instead of a powered on light that doubles as an activity light. Maybe I'm confused, but this is how the supermicro's work. All lights off with no activty, lights on for activity. In my setup the FAIL light came on when there was a failed hard drive. On my iStar cages, the green light is always on. When there is activity, that same green light turns orange. I think this is because each slot can be individually turned on/off so they provide a light to represent which slots are powered. This light turns on if there is a drive in the slot or not and depends on the slot being turned on.

I'd be more than happy if there was an activity only light instead of a powered on light that doubles as an activity light.

One thing I don't like about the istar cages is that the activity and power on light is the same one, and it's green for power on and orange for activity. I really wish it were something like green for on and blue for activity. I'm colorblind, so I can't tell the difference between those two colors on the cage. Separate lights would also work.

Since you need to turn each slot on for the iStar cages, any slot without a light turning on is vacant.

^^ Power gremlins can cause all kinds of hard to diagnose problems that may present as a failing drive or something else. You must remember that when powering on the server all drives will spinup and stress the PSU. 7200rpm drives will finish before 5900rpm drives if their transfer rates are more than the 5900rpm drives.

It's what I had available I plan to transition to WD green drives eventually (I have two 2.0 TB EADS but those took over 30 hrs to clear... typical?). And I'm running it off a Seasonic X-650. Yes, the 30 hours is typical of a 2TB drive. At 54A on the PSU, you're pushing things running 20 drives if most of them are 7200rpm drives. Have you noticed any wonkiness yet? 54A from a 650w PSU just sounds great though. My 500w PSU cranks out 34A.

^^ I'm being curious here, but why are you using so many 7200rpm drives, and what PSU are you using to run all those power hungry drives?

^^ I believe those values over 100 are just the cryptic values that manufacturers use. I doubt your drive was above 100C, that's over 212F.

That's really weird then. Hopefully Joe or Raj can help you out as I've never used that board or drives before.

Did you change any of the settings in the BIOS, anything to do with the SATA controller?

For such similar part numbers you'd think the cages would also be similar, but sadly that's not the case. I think iStar uses the same cages and then changes the design of the caddies.

^^ How much RAM do you have, and are you running more than 1 preclear at the same time?

^^ You ordered the wrong iStar cage The one I have has the aluminum handle, and the unlock lever is strongly spring loaded, so it won't pop open on accident. Also, there are air holes behind the handle. The fans were pretty loud for me though, so I removed them.

I bought my LG 42" 1080p LCD from Fry's.com for $500 shipped in March of last year. Great deal.

We have two TigerDirect stores about 30-45mins from me here, but everyhting there is hit or miss. There's no telling what they'll actually have in the store at any given time. We're planning on moving to Denver this summer, and they have a Microcenter. I wish they'd open a Fry's, but for some reason they refuse to open a location in Denver.

Opentoe is talking about these cages, they're the same ones I have. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215175