Weird HDD issue

[kiepie]

So this issue has been coming a long way now, the one with my hard drive freezing.

So this is what I have figured out so far.

I have 2 hard drive enclosures, for all the tests I've done, I didn't even close them up (to rule out over heating).

Enclosure A & Enclosure B. Both is SATA.

With that I have two hard drives as well, a 1500G Seagate and a 500G Samsung. Both is SATA.

Both hard drives works perfectly in Enclosure A for hours on end, but the issue is with Enclosure B.

The Seagate shows no issue with Enclosure B, even a other 400G Seagate works 100% in Enclosure B. It is just the Samsung one that doesn't want to work in Enclosure B. It works for maybe 5-10m, but then just stops/freezes. If I take the HDD out and put it in Enclosure A, it works perfectley.

What is the issue with this Samsung and Enclosure B.

 

[ponder]

It is just the Samsung one that doesn't want to work in Enclosure B.

Full Samsung model number please & firmware version if you could get that.

 

[kiepie]

Full Samsung model number please & firmware version if you could get that.

Model number is: HD501LJ

I don't know what is the firmware version, I only see a 2007.10

 

[ponder]

Ignore this post.

 

[ponder]

Could I suggest you try the last suggestion in this thread, http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-244277_14_0.html

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=126&orderNum=2


A google search reveals the problem is pretty common with this drive & some SATA controllers. Looks like the drive has to be forced to 1.5 Gb/s.
http://fixunix.com/644380-post7.html
Google for more related links.

You might want to connect the drive to your internal sata ports for this procedure.

 

[kiepie]

Could I suggest you try the last suggestion in this thread, http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-244277_14_0.html

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/faqView.do?b2b_bbs_msg_id=126&orderNum=2


A google search reveals the problem is pretty common with this drive & some SATA controllers. Looks like the drive has to be forced to 1.5 Gb/s.
http://fixunix.com/644380-post7.html
Google for more related links.

You might want to connect the drive to your internal sata ports for this procedure.

Thanks for all your effort, will have a look at this! Thank you! Much appreciated!

 

[ponder]

And?

 

[howardb]

Yep, forcing the drive to 1.5Gb/s should work, although the transfer speeds are reduced on the SATA connection. If you're using USB connection for the external enclosure, this won't be an issue.

 

[techead]

Moral of the story is?

Samsung hard drives are ****

There is a good reason why they are so much cheaper...