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Yousuf Khan wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote: Daniel Prince wrote: How long were your IDE cables? Were they flat or round? They were around 20 inches long, from the furthest ends. Now, they were rounded cables in both cases. I had thought of using flat cables, but in the crowded conditions in my case it was pretty difficult to use them without moving a lot of stuff around. Plus the rounded cables gave better cooling. Just an update on this old issue. I finally got a chance to try the same drives with the flat IDE cables, and the results were the same as when using the rounded ones. Still no spin retry problem when using the SATA converters and cables, but the problem always crops up when using any sort of IDE cable. Something very strange going on there. Most dont get spin retrys with IDE cables. |
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Yousuf Khan wrote:
what I did recently was that I converted two of those old IDE drives into SATA drives using an IDE-to-SATA converter board that fits right onto the back of the drives themselves. What brand(s) of converters did you use? Did you try any of them on optical drives? I am having problems with my IDE cables AGAIN. I would like to get rid of all of them. -- I don't understand why they make gourmet cat foods. I have known many cats in my life and none of them were gourmets. They were all gourmands! |
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Daniel Prince wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote: what I did recently was that I converted two of those old IDE drives into SATA drives using an IDE-to-SATA converter board that fits right onto the back of the drives themselves. What brand(s) of converters did you use? Did you try any of them on optical drives? No specific brand, just bought some generic stuff off of Ebay. They are still working great. In fact, the drive that was showing spin retry problems has been upgraded in HD Sentinel's health ratings from 40% all of the way upto 76% now. I didn't try them on optical drives, just hard drives. I don't anticipate that there would be any special issues with optical drives though. I'm actually still running all of my optical drives off of IDE cables though. I am having problems with my IDE cables AGAIN. I would like to get rid of all of them. It's probably a good idea. The units cost less than $10 each (actually usually you'll find them under $5 including shipping), so even if they don't fix your problem, it's not a huge expense. Just make sure you get the right type, some are for SATA devices to IDE cable, whereas others are for IDE devices to SATA cable. Yousuf Khan |
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Yousuf Khan wrote
Daniel Prince wrote Yousuf Khan wrote what I did recently was that I converted two of those old IDE drives into SATA drives using an IDE-to-SATA converter board that fits right onto the back of the drives themselves. What brand(s) of converters did you use? Did you try any of them on optical drives? No specific brand, just bought some generic stuff off of Ebay. They are still working great. In fact, the drive that was showing spin retry problems has been upgraded in HD Sentinel's health ratings from 40% all of the way upto 76% now. I didn't try them on optical drives, just hard drives. I don't anticipate that there would be any special issues with optical drives though. I'm actually still running all of my optical drives off of IDE cables though. I am having problems with my IDE cables AGAIN. I would like to get rid of all of them. It's probably a good idea. The units cost less than $10 each (actually usually you'll find them under $5 including shipping), so even if they don't fix your problem, it's not a huge expense. Just make sure you get the right type, some are for SATA devices to IDE cable, whereas others are for IDE devices to SATA cable. And some can be used either way. |
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Hi,
I have a Toshiba HDD that shows a variable Spin Retry Count through SMART, is this possible?, one day it show a BAD state with a very high Spin Retry Count, 2 days after it shows a normal value, but with some retries, and today it shows a completely normal state without a single Spin Retry. I don't know if I must backup and replace or this is a completely normal situation. I understand SMART values are fixed, and can't be modified. |
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