Hard Dirves always die on me. :(

[ronach]

No, this isn't Ducknuts, neat name tho.

 

[imported_BikeDude]

Originally posted by: ronach
NO ground perhaps

Am I right in assuming that a filtering UPS (line interactive) won't do much good if ground is hosed? (well, you'll still have battery backup, but effective filtering too? Not unless it is an online UPS, right?)

At work, one of the phases = ground. We called in an electrician, and he said we probably weren't the only building downtown with that problem... (he seemed to indicate that tracking down the culprit was far from easy -- sigh)

The toe-tapper story earlier in this thread was hilarious btw. LOL!

 

[Insidious]

A ton of good suggestions in here.... it's probably already solved.. but

I know you mentioned temps. are fine. Don't forget that the temperature throughout your case is NOT the same in all locations. Many cases snuggle away the HDs in their bays smack in the middle of a stagnant air mass. If you do not have AT LEAST 1/2" clearance (top and bottom) of your drive it will warm up. Stacked HDs filling adjacent slots of a bay create hot hardware. HDs really don't like to overheat.

So add heat to the list of possibles:

Bad PSU and/or unchecked power input voltage fluctuations from your house
Dirt, Dirt, Dirt, Dirt.... (did I mention dirt?)
IDE cables shorted due to pinching, mishandling, etc.
HDs located in stagnant air (ie: hotspot) and overheating to failure
Rough handling
Thrashing (constant HD activity due to virtual memory utilization)

and last but not least.... God doesn't like you

-Sid

 

[IamDavid]

Hey everyone, thanks for all the suggestions. I am leaning towards just bad luck now.

Heat in cases is fine, through out the entire case where the HD's are.
Power supplies are both in perfect working order. Both are Enermax 550w.
Handling shouldn't be the issue since I have NO other problems with ANY other components.
Resident power problem shouldn't be the problem because I ALWAYS use APC UPS's..

And on another note, Blain is a researching fool... Going back all the way to 2003 to find out I always use UPS by APC..

 

[wmansfield]

Heat is a hard drive killer. You need to get some air moving around the drive in order to keep it healthy.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: madthumbs
Rrrrright...
I've only purchased Maxtors, and have yet to have one die on me. I'd go with Seagate if the prices were same.

I have Maxtors die weekly at work.. some people are on their 3rd RMA. I cant' wait til the junk are all dead and out of warranty so I can replace them all with Seagate.

I have never had anywhere near the troubles I've had with Maxtor with ANY other product, EVER.

the diamondmax 8 40gig drives fail definitely more than 50%.. their record is absolutely pathetic. my supplier stopped carrying them because they are such garbage. consider yourself lucky.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: madthumbs
Rrrrright...
I've only purchased Maxtors, and have yet to have one die on me. I'd go with Seagate if the prices were same.

I have Maxtors die weekly at work.. some people are on their 3rd RMA. I cant' wait til the junk are all dead and out of warranty so I can replace them all with Seagate.

I have never had anywhere near the troubles I've had with Maxtor with ANY other product, EVER.

the diamondmax 8 40gig drives fail definitely more than 50%.. their record is absolutely pathetic. my supplier stopped carrying them because they are such garbage. consider yourself lucky.

The quantum component are garbage. Coupled that with maxtor's crappy component, you have the worst hd manufacturer in existent.
Maxtor fuuking die already!!! I seen this crap so heavily stocked in retail stores such as walmart and best buy, it is ridiculous.