FrustatedGamer Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I have 5 drives in which 2 drives are showing errors. Currently i removed the 6th drive which was a parity (shucked wd 10tb) cause it was having errors (its brand new). I removed the drive, put it back in the enclosure and did a smart check in another windows pc and it worked fine. Now even the other drives are failing and they probably not even a year old. Need help. tower-diagnostics-20191005-1656.zip Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 It looks like you've breathed on the SATA connectors too much (at the best of times its a very poor design). Reseat ALL cabling to the drives (both ends). 1 Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Don't overlook the power connectors when checking... 1 Quote Link to comment
FrustatedGamer Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 ok guys. the above tip works. thanks a lot. btw my motherboard is now out of sata ports for expansion. do you recommend something on the cheap side? Quote Link to comment
FrustatedGamer Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/5/2019 at 11:26 PM, Squid said: It looks like you've breathed on the SATA connectors too much (at the best of times its a very poor design). Reseat ALL cabling to the drives (both ends). also why does it happen? its actually annoying Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, FrustatedGamer said: also why does it happen? its actually annoying It is inherent in the design of SATA connectors unfortunately. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, FrustatedGamer said: also why does it happen? its actually annoying The SATA connector design is a Poster Child for how NOT to design connectors! It uses a couple of plastic nubs to provide an interference fit which provides both the force for the integrity of the electrical connection and the retention force to keep the connector ends from coming apart. The cables with the metal latching tabs were then compromised by the change in the connector on the hard drive end being changed by at least one manufacturer. https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15954 This quote from WD says it all: Quote While WD has tested the above cables, we also believe there are other cables you may find at your local resellers that will also provide a snug fit provided they are using the internal bumps for our drives that do not have a shroud present. Edited October 11, 2019 by Frank1940 Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) On 10/11/2019 at 9:09 AM, FrustatedGamer said: ok guys. the above tip works. thanks a lot. btw my motherboard is now out of sata ports for expansion. do you recommend something on the cheap side? If you just want a card with a couple of SATA connectors get one that's based on the ASMedia 1061 or 1062 chip, like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Syba-SY-PEX40039-6Gbps-PCI-Express-Green/dp/B005B0A6ZS/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2 Edited October 14, 2019 by John_M more info Quote Link to comment
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