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Two Seagate Barracuda 3TB drives seem to be dead.
My first drive 'died' about 4 months ago, my second one today. By 'died' I mean that with either drive hooked up my computer hangs at the BIOS/UEFI screen that has the message that F1 or Del will get you into setup. It stays there forever. Removing the drives restores things to normal.
Today I noticed that my system partially locked up and my drive was making some unusual noises. I had to power down and when I restarted I hung at the first BIOS screen. I recall my other drive did the same thing. I hooked the drives to other ports and even an SATA 3 card that I had laying around to no avail.
So how can I fix the problem if I can't get further then the first BIOS screen? Is it safe to say my drives are borked? Both drives btw are the same model. Very curious.
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro X64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Homemade Rig
CPU
Intel Core i7 Quad 3770K @ 5 Ghz
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
Memory
Corsair Dominator-GT 16GB @ 2400 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD7970 3GB OC Edition
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS PA246Q & PA249Q IPS 24" LCD
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 830, 840 256GB |
2TB Seagate SATA3 |
Hitachi eSata 500GB
PSU
Corsair Professional Series 1050W
Case
Corsair Obsididan 800D Full Tower
Cooling
Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K520
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Explorer
Internet Speed
120/35
Browser
Fx41
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
UEFI BIOS with a GPT SSD boot drive.
Retired from the grind
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A bad power supply will kill drives. Seagate will replace the drives. Contact them.
OS
Linux Mint 17.2
Computer type
Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model
Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
CPU
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
Memory
12GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Mouse
Logitech M525
Internet Speed
45/6 - ATT U-Verse
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
None needed. It is Linux.
Other Info
Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer
A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.
The drives are out of warranty. PSU is not the problem AFAICT.
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro X64
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Homemade Rig
CPU
Intel Core i7 Quad 3770K @ 5 Ghz
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
Memory
Corsair Dominator-GT 16GB @ 2400 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD7970 3GB OC Edition
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS PA246Q & PA249Q IPS 24" LCD
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 830, 840 256GB |
2TB Seagate SATA3 |
Hitachi eSata 500GB
PSU
Corsair Professional Series 1050W
Case
Corsair Obsididan 800D Full Tower
Cooling
Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K520
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless Explorer
Internet Speed
120/35
Browser
Fx41
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
UEFI BIOS with a GPT SSD boot drive.
Retired from the grind
VIP Member
Pro User
The drives are out of warranty. PSU is not the problem AFAICT.
They have been known to replace even out of warranty drives. As for stating that the PSU is not the problem. Did you use a tester or DMM to check to make sure that the PSU is not the culprit?
If you have two drives dying that quickly with no known S.M.A.R.T. problems if you in fact checked for that before they died. I would be looking at the PSU as the culprit.
OS
Linux Mint 17.2
Computer type
Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model
Toshiba Satellite C850D-st3nx1
CPU
AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.40 GHZ
Memory
12GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon™ HD 7310 Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768
Hard Drives
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Mouse
Logitech M525
Internet Speed
45/6 - ATT U-Verse
Browser
Google Chrome
Antivirus
None needed. It is Linux.
Other Info
Arris NVG589 Gateway; Router - Cisco RV320; Switch - Netgear GS108 8-Port Switch & Trendnet TEG-S50g 5-Port Switch; Access Points - Engenius ECB350, Trendnet TEW-638APB; NAS - Lenovo ix2-4; Printer - Brother HL-2280DW; Air Print Server - Lantronix XPrintServer
A/V UPS - Tripp-Lite Smart 1500LCD 1500 Va/900 W.