[ale] Did WD15EARX consume my weekend?
PairOfTwins
PairOfTwins at mindspring.com
Tue May 15 11:08:50 EDT 2012
Jim:
Actually, memtest failed! Much to my surprise, the screen turned
seriously red. I swapped RAM out and memtest was fine.
I've just finished repartitioning, reinstalling, and then copying nearly
1 TB of data. The 2 target partitions both passed e2fsck, and a compare
of 2 movies passed also. I'm happy now.
The value of a second opinion! I was focused on the NEW hardware, where
the problem WASN'T.
Tom
BTW - Win7 couldn't even see the hard drive due to a missing driver.
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On 05/15/2012 07:34 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> crud. bad drive is highly likely.
>
> win7 install failure will convince them as will the tool suggested by
> James Sumners. If the purchase was days ago, I would return it to the
> point of purchase and buy a replacement from a different store to
> avoid same batch issues. Most drive makers will replace warranty
> drives with a refurbished drive - i.e., not a brand new drive.
>
> Hmm. The last check I would do would be a connection check. I would
> replace the drive data cable (and use a different sata socket on the
> motherboard) and then loosen and retighten the screws that mount the
> board to the drive. Loosen all screws, give the board a wiggle and
> maybe a canned air blast underneath, then tighten and retest. If this
> is a newly built drive, the Thailand factories may be still shaking
> out the bugs from the flooding.
>
> Also interesting would be to see if the cmp and diff tests return the
> same failure location after reboot (i.e., a cool down and then spin
> up). If they move, the data is correct on the drive but the read is
> failing. If they don't, it's inconclusive as to what failed, read vs.
> write.
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7:25 PM, PairOfTwins
> <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>> wrote:
>
> Jim:
>
> Yup, it fails to copy large files accurately, though it takes a few
> seconds to conclude that the original and the copy differ, using
> cmp and
> diff.
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# ls -lh
> total 2.2G
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28K Aug 28 2010 Kubuntu\ 10.04.1\ Alternate\
> amd64.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28K Aug 28 2010 Kubuntu\ 10.04.1\ Desktop\
> i386.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 999 999 38M Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-amd64-businesscard.iso
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.1K Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-amd64-businesscard.iso.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 999 999 132M Aug 28 2010 debian-505-amd64-netinst.iso
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 999 999 648M Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26K Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26K Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-ia64-CD-1.iso.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26K Aug 28 2010
> debian-505-ia64-kde-CD-1.iso.torrent
> -rw-r--r-- 1 999 999 689M Aug 28 2010
> kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> -rw-r--r-- 1 999 999 699M Aug 28 2010
> kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# cmp
> kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso differ:
> char
> 130322440, line 489461
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# cmp
> kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
> kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso differ: char
> 346914824, line 1287567
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# cmp
> debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso differ:
> char
> 103817224, line 1184532
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian#
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# diff
> debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso
> Files debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso and
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/debian-505-amd64-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso differ
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# diff
> kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
> Files kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso and
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso differ
>
> root at PartedMagic:/media/sdb1/iso/Debian# diff
> kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso
> Files kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso and
> /media/sda5/iso/Debian/kubuntu-10.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso differ
>
> Now to convince WD that their drive is faulty, I think I'll wipe it
> clean and see if Win7 will complete installation.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
> =================================================
> On 05/13/2012 10:47 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > That really sounds like a majorly bad drive. Pop it into an external
> > case, format it as a single partition and copy a bunch of large
> files
> > over to it (.iso's are good) then run a diff. I'd bet the diff
> fails.
> > I suspect the drive has been dropped and the head is misalligned.
> > Return it ASAP.
> >
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:16 PM, PairOfTwins
> > <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>
> <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com
> <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone:
> >
> > This was home server upgrade weekend, I thought. Bought a
> > WD15EARX on
> > sale, installed Zentyal, and found after an apparently
> successful
> > installation, that the partition with the OS on it had pages of
> > errors,
> > according to e2fsck.
> >
> > Next 2 installations failed during "Select and install
> software" step,
> > both stable and beta versions, though both CDs passed the iso
> > verify check.
> >
> > I had partitioned ahead of time with fdisk and each start
> sector was
> > evenly divisible by 8.
> >
> > Then I installed a freshly verified burn of Ubuntu Server
> 12.04 using
> > those same partitions.
> >
> > When finished the alignment was whacked:
> >
> > root at PartedMagic:~# fdisk -lu /dev/sda
> > Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168
> > sectors
> > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> > Disk identifier: 0x000ad2bd
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/sda1 2048 2930687 1464320 82
> Linux swap
> > / Solaris
> > /dev/sda2 * 2930688 31602687 14336000 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda3 31604734 2930276351 1449335809 5 Extended
> > Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
> > /dev/sda5 31604736 34471935 1433600 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda6 34473984 2041513983 1003520000 83 Linux
> > /dev/sda7 2041516032 2930276351 444380160 83 Linux
> > root at PartedMagic:~#
> >
> >
> > Plus e2fsck showed a page of errors on the OS partition
> sda2, whose
> > alignment looks OK, though I had to force a check, as it thought
> > it was
> > clean.
> >
> > root at PartedMagic:~# e2fsck /dev/sda2
> > e2fsck 1.42.2 (27-Mar-2012)
> > UbuntuSvr: clean, 55618/897600 files, 364573/3584000 blocks
> > root at PartedMagic:~# e2fsck -f /dev/sda2
> > e2fsck 1.42.2 (27-Mar-2012)
> > Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> > Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> > Entry '.' in
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic/include/config/usb/whci
> > (398464)
> > has an incorrect filetype (was 42, should be 2).
> > Fix<y>? yes
> > Entry 'hcd.h' in
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic/include/config/usb/whci
> > (398464)
> > has an incorrect filetype (was 33, should be 1).
> > Fix<y>? yes
> > Entry '.' in ??? (398477) has an incorrect filetype (was 14,
> > should be 2).
> > Fix<y>? yes
> > Entry '..' in ??? (398477) has invalid inode #: 705041315.
> > Clear<y>? yes
> > Entry 'elan.h' in ??? (398477) has an incorrect filetype (was 9,
> > should
> > be 1).
> > Fix<y>? yes
> > Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> > '..' in
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic/include/config/usb/ftdi
> > (398477) is ??? (705041315), should be
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic/include/config/usb
> (398243).
> > Fix<y>? yes
> > Error while adjusting inode count on inode 0
> > Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> > Inode 398243 ref count is 42, should be 41. Fix<y>? yes
> > Pass 5: Checking group summary information
> >
> > UbuntuSvr: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
> > UbuntuSvr: 55618/897600 files (0.2% non-contiguous),
> > 364573/3584000 blocks
> > root at PartedMagic:~#
> >
> > BTW the SMART error log is always clean.
> >
> > I'm tired of googling, and ready for a fresh set of eyes to tell
> > me what
> > I'm missing here!
> >
> > Tom
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> > James P. Kinney III
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> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
> they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
> outcome.
> - ////2011 Noam Chomsky
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