mobile racks: mess up your HDDs?

[benjamit]

well on 2 occasions when i have tried to really uses these things they just seem to mess up my HDDs

have these things faired better for you?

 

[Lord Evermore]

Define "mess up".

 

[Bleep]

Dont hot plug them.

Bleep

 

[benjamit]

the os wont recognize the file structure even though it has before, the os wont format the drive even though it did before, the os wont see the drive even though it has before

 

[Lord Evermore]

Never heard anything like that.

 

[RalfHutter]

I've used mobile racks in every one of my computers over the last 5-6 years. I have never, ever had any problem with them. I'd make sure you don't have some $5 El Cheapo mobile rack. Maybe the Centronix connector on the back is coming apart.

 

[Lord Evermore]

I assume you're not swapping the drives out without shutting down? Unless you have a specifically hot-swap capable controller card.

 

[benjamit]

yes i do not hot swap the drives

i could try it again but ive read that others here at AT have had sim probs with these racks

 

[buleyb]

what racks? got a link?

 

[bozo1]

not cooling well enough?

 

[Confused]

No problems here!

And am using cheap £5 ones too!

Confused

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: bozo1
not cooling well enough?

Exactly, many of the racks are only supposed to be used with cooler 5400 rpm HDs, not 7200 or 10K.

 

[mjolnir2k]

In my main rig I have been using a Lian Li Mobile rack for over a year with no problems. It has 2 nice little cooling fans built in to keep everything chilly and works like a charm.

HOWEVER

On my backup computer I am using a cheap-o plastic mobile rack and it's hit or miss as to weather it is recognized at startup. PLUS the whole key lock assembly on the cheap-o rack is a POS!

Moral of the story:
You get what you pay for

 

[CZroe]

Are you designating the drives as removeable in Windows? Well, you say you're not hot-swapping them so I guess not (No need to). I saw a review for a RAID-5 enclosure where the dumb ass kept yanking them using standard IDE and without changing settings and wondering why WindowsXP Pro continued to show the drive letter and would freeze when he tried to access it. He called it "an expected limitation of Windows"

 

[Workin']

I've been using Lian Li racks for several years and have never had a single problem with them. I have 5 and all are using 7200 RPM drives.

 

[benjamit]

how do you designate drives as removable in windows?

 

[pukemon]

the el-cheapo $5 ones may not have adequate cooling for 7200 rpm drives or any drive that generates a larger amount of heat than your average modern 5400 rpm drive. in that case, you may run into overheating issues. the better ones have better cooling.

 

[benjamit]

yea you guys may be right i do remember the drives being hot just for formating and some basic read/write

i have 5 of these Lian-Li RH-12

 

[bozo1]

What type drives do you have? The RH-12 is not supposed to be used with anything about 5400rpm drives. Lian-Li has other drives with better cooling for faster drives.

 

[benjamit]

im not sure what drives i have there ibms that were made by fujitsu

model number ibm mpg3102at-b

 

[bozo1]

They're 5400 RPM drives. Dunno why they are dying on you.

 

[benjamit]

theyre not dying they work fine when they are directly connected to the ribbon cables