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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Yeah, but now I'm pissed. Not only did it fail within an unreasonable amount of time, but their level of service was not up to par - and service/warranty was one of the purchase reasons. You can be sure I'm going to be thinking long and hard before I ever recommend anyone else buy one.
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Correct. In my first call I specifically requested it (they mentioned it would cost $25) but the rep had to "verify" frist that they could do it, and he would call later. After an hour I received a "Standard Warranty RMA" email which definitely did not mention cross-shipment, so I contacted...
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Grr. Had to pay $570 to get my advanced replacement... by buying another drive. So far so good, it at least let WHS restore create partitions without hanging. :-)
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Boo to Intel. "According to case notes and based on our warranty files, unfortunately these units are not entitled for Cross Ship replacement. That is the reason why the technicians processed the RMA as Standard Warranty Replacement. We have a list of parts that can be returned as Standard...
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Yeah, on two computers as well. Oh, and SMART does report 74 reallocated sectors (although this has not changed throughout the process).
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Well... seeing as Windows kept saying the partition was corrupt, I wondered whether that might affect the diagnostics tests. So I deleted the partions (since it seemed that all my data was gone already - I have a backup but there were a few modified documents I would have liked to retrieve) and...
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Ugh. Hooked the drive up to another i7-based Windows 7 system. When I booted it wanted to chkdsk it, but I cancelled. Drive reported in the system as "raw" file system type, and when I tried to access it the system said the drive or folder is corrupted or unreadable. Installed the Intel SSD...
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Out of curiosity... how do I so a secure wipe? I believe that's a part of the SSD toolbox, but the SSD is my system drive so I can't get to it. Right now Windows Startup Repair has been "attempting to repair disk errors" for nearly 4 hours. No progress bar (just a moving line to indicate that...
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    Help! "File record segment ### unreadable" on Intel 510 SSD

    Installed an Intel 250gb 510 SSD a couple of months ago on a new system with the Intel DX58SO2. Everything was great until I rebooted yesterday, and the whole thing seemed slower than usual - like it was hanging reading files. Then later my automated WHS backup failed, which usually indicates...
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    2TB horror stories

    Yeah, the Hitachi's are an especially good bargain these days. Don't know what's going to happen now that WD has bought them out. I've had the Barracuda XT's for a few days now, and they seem quite nice. Noise level is low - very quiet seeks. There's a bit of a mid-tone "whirring" sound of 4...
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    2TB horror stories

    I recently shopped for 7200RPM 2TB drives as well, and yes it certainly doesn't seem to be a pretty picture out there. It seems the drives are either prone to failure, or are noisy (which I can't stand). However the reviews on Newegg of early or outright failures should be tempered with the...
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    A word on Newegg's Hard Drive Packaging:

    Distributors/wholesalers aren't much better. I ordered 5 Barracuda XT's from one of the big guys in Canada. They came in a giant box. Inside the giant box were 5 smaller boxes that fit that larger box exactly. So far so good. The problem: inside each of the 5 smaller boxes were the drives...
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    Any problems with bundling SATA cables together?

    K, just making sure. Remembering some old advice about not paralleling data & power lines (in walls/ceilings). and since SATA is unshielded, was unsure if extremely close parallel runs could present a crosstalk issue or not.
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    Any problems with bundling SATA cables together?

    So I'm building my new PC, paying attention to my cable runs, and I started bundling my SATA cables together into a nice neat stack where possible (4 cables stacked neatly together into something of a cube) and then I realized, that there may be issues with paralleling SATA cables this way for...
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    Intel 510 Series SSD now available.

    Even the Canadian NCIX place is cheaper than Newegg (no stock though) so this is definitely "new product" pricing. Look at the Plextor M2 - came out @ egg at $700, then quickly dropped to $600 and then even $580 briefly.
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    Problems with corruption only till computer is shutdown...

    I remember something like this I had a long, long time ago. I mean Windows 95 days. I was getting corrupted data reading from a CD - couldn't even install Windows. Eventually I discovered that if I only had half as much memory installed, everything was fine. However all memory tested perfect...
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    WD caviar black 6gb/s or seagate XT 6gb/s ?

    Maybe the OP should tack on a USB or eSATA housing for his old Green drive, to use as a backup.
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    WD caviar black 6gb/s or seagate XT 6gb/s ?

    Reading reviews and such, I've been thinking that today's consumer hard drives are somewhat less reliable than those of say 3-5 years ago. Could just be my impression, however. Right now I'm using a PC with 4 x 500gb Seagate Barracuda ES drives. They're spit between RAID 0 and RAID 10. So far...
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    WD Caviar Black drives no longer have 5-year warranty?

    And Newegg's descriptions are never wrong? WD's site says 5 years. So does the official WD store. They probably just cut-and-paste from a Blue or Green drive.
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    The official 990X overclocking thread!

    Well, probably the wrong place to admit it, but I've got a 990X on its way to me. Yes, it's a work computer, and the PC needs to be as silent and rock-solid stable as possible (last thing I need is a 20 hour video render crapping out at 19 hours), so I probably won't be doing any...
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    Plextor M2?

    Their CD drives USED to be good (I owned a bunch, in fact I still have a SCSI-based caddy 12 Plex in a box somewhere - last and fastast constant data rate drive made), and I generally had good success with their DVD burners, but frankly the brand has lost pretty much all of the prestige it once had.
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    Plextor M2?

    I'm curious about this SSD as well. I've been waiting like half a year for the 990X to come out, and now that it is the only thing holding up my new build is a new SSD. Crucial M4 and Intel 510/320 won't be out for maybe another 45 days, but Corsair and now Plextor seem to be out now...
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    P4 EE 3.46 or 3.73?

    ...Except that everything I've heard says the 840 is a huge heat generator - like 2 Prescotts in 1. I don't think even the massive Zalman 7700 could handle that at low RPMs. Anyone know of good reviews on the 840/840EE that goes into temperatures? Also, I'm fairly stuck on this particular...
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    P4 EE 3.46 or 3.73?

    OK, first off I do realize that I'm not going to see much difference going from a 3.2 to a 3.46 or 3.73. However my current system is over two years old now (which really shows the sorry state of Intel's progress), and I'm expecting bigger improvements from other upgrades. And, since this is a...
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    P4 EE 3.46 or 3.73?

    I'm trying to choose between the above two CPUs. First, I should mention that my primary concern is keeping heat down so that I can run fans at low RPMs, and hopefully have a mostly-silent computer. I have no plans to overclock (at least not to any significant degree). Although for some of...
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    *****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

    Absolutely no idea... :-)
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    *****DFI Lanparty Pro875????****

    With my top pick, the Soyo SY-P4I875P, a no-show so far, the DFI is currently my second choice (just wish it had firewire). My absolute requirements are ICH5R, 2 on-board serial ports, Intel CSA LAN and heatsink-only northbridge cooling. The only other matching motherboard seems to be the...
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    *4-17-2003 UDPATE* First Reviews Ready. Intel 865/875 (Springdale/Canterwood)

    As has been mentioned before, the low-end Gigabyte uses the ICH5R.
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    Where can I plug this in?(Antec True 430W)

    The 6-pin is used on any board that wants it. My P4T533-C doesn't use it, but my older AOpen AX4T did.
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    *4-17-2003 UDPATE* First Reviews Ready. Intel 865/875 (Springdale/Canterwood)

    They're simply overcharging... It should probably be priced under $165.
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    *4-17-2003 UDPATE* First Reviews Ready. Intel 865/875 (Springdale/Canterwood)

    I guess you might not see it until Monday or Tuesday, since they seem to be taking the holidays quite seriously. :-) I just noticed, of the boards I mentioned above the Asus, Soyo and Tyan lack the ICHR5. So I guess now I'm down to the AOpen, Gigabyte and MSI (too bad they all have fans - I...
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    *4-17-2003 UDPATE* First Reviews Ready. Intel 865/875 (Springdale/Canterwood)

    Hmm, the DFI has CSA, which is good, but lacks additional SATA RAID and FireWire.
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    *4-17-2003 UDPATE* First Reviews Ready. Intel 865/875 (Springdale/Canterwood)

    So far I've been having a great time shopping for an 875P board to replace my ASUS P4T533-C (which I've been completely satisfied with). So far I've looked closely at the: Abit IC7-G AOpen AX4C Max ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Chaintech 9CJS Epox 4PCA3+ FIC P4-875P Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (even though I use...
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    EPoX 4PCA3+ (i875P) Info, News, & Reviews

    Correction to specs in first post: I don't see firewire anywhere on the spec pages or in the manual.