January 3, 20251 yr I have been having an ongoing issue that seems to always come back and causes disk errors every few months. This had started out when I do a Parity check which starts out fine for a few minutes and then I start to hear a drive click and then time to run Parity check drops from a day to 200+ days. I have posted here a few times in the past and problem always comes back. Here is what I have done to resolve issue previously but all seem to fail after a month or two and the issue comes back: - Replaced 12TB HDD 3 times. - Replaced SATA cables 5 times. - Replaced HDD power cables 3 times. - On second MB was that was replaced when I upgraded to new CPU. So currently I have a 12TB drive with 280 errors but do not want to buy and replace HDD as certain it is not the issue. Can I just clear or format this drive and rebuild from Parity before I start running tests and replacing more parts? I really want to have all drives and Parity up to date before I really start working on resolution. Seeing that I have already replaced drives, SATA data and power cables I am at a loss on where I should be looking next to try to fix this issues so I can really enjoy unRAID as this ongoing issue is starting to get to me. Thanks, templartower-diagnostics-20250103-1411.zip Edited January 3, 20251 yr by RexMundi727 Remove attachments
January 3, 20251 yr Community Expert Please delete all those attachments and post the single diagnostics zip, that's how the diags are generated.
January 3, 20251 yr Author 18 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Please delete all those attachments and post the single diagnostics zip, that's how the diags are generated. Sorry about that.
January 4, 20251 yr Community Expert Looks more like a power/connection issue, replace cables (power and SATA) for disks 1 and 3 and post new diags after array start.
January 4, 20251 yr Author 6 hours ago, JorgeB said: Looks more like a power/connection issue, replace cables (power and SATA) for disks 1 and 3 and post new diags after array start. Thanks, but doubt that is the issue as on 5th set of brand new data cables and 3rd set of power cables.
January 11, 20251 yr Author On 1/4/2025 at 10:49 AM, JorgeB said: If it's not the cables could be a bad PSU or board. How do I tell what is bad? I just can't keep replacing motherboards, CPUs and PS units in hopes it will work.
January 11, 20251 yr Community Expert The best way would be to swap with a spare and retest, e.g., if you have another PC, swap PSUs.
January 11, 20251 yr Author 1 hour ago, JorgeB said: The best way would be to swap with a spare and retest, e.g., if you have another PC, swap PSUs. I don't but not may get another one. The thing is when I replace cables all work good for about a month and then issues come back. Aside from the PS the last thing left is the CPU. But I get one of those I have enough parts to build another PC.
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