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Problem with Gigabyte MOBO and Western Digital 2TB HDD

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ummduh

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Has this cropped up before?

Western Digital is pointing the finger at Gigabyte, and GB is pointing it at WD.

My problem is that my 2TB HDD's are constantly screwing up. They'll come and go as they please, within Windows. Eventually after enough times, it'll come up saying the drive needs to be formatted before it can be used.

If I use the WD Data Lifeguard app to test, using the short test it tests OK. Using the extended test, it drops the drive after a few minutes, and eventually it'll come back saying the drive failed due to too many bad blocks.

If I hook the "bad" drives up to a USB enclosure and do it again, they're perfect and never skip a beat.

I have a SSD boot drive in SATA0 . It functions perfectly.

This happens in any of the other ports, 1-5. I swapped cables with no difference.

I have a OLD 320GB HDD that functions just fine on the same ports..

I currently have 2 2TB HDDs, the first one I assumed failed and RMA'd it. So I still have it and the RMA replacement drive here. They both do the same things.

The board is a z68ma-something...

Western Digital sent me a WD20EACs drive as a replacement for my original WD20EARS drive, thinking the "advanced format" was part of the problem. They function the same.

Oh yea, Gigabyte's tech support SUCKS, BTW.. first and last GB product..
 
I see. I will check it out.

The drive worked fine up until I changed the mobo and cpu from a h67/i3 2100 to my current also using windows 7. Yes it is a clean install with the new mobo/cpu, btw.
 
Yea that is the logical conclusion I came to.

And then I read Gigabyte's RMA process. Well F me.

I can't return it to the store I bought it at since the UPC came off for the rebate.. (and the store is 100 miles away.. )

So it looks like I'll get to shell out for another MB, since considering GB's "tech support" so far, the board will be gone for 6 months and then they'll send me a refurb that'll be broken in some other way.

BTW, haven't had a chance to try the 512 jumper, oddly enough it's been so long since i've needed a jumper I don't even have any..
 
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