Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 09:22:47AM +0000, Lynn Kilroy wrote:
The drives are brand new. 160GB SATA RAID Drives, Western Digital Caviar
Drives. When they get hot, they seem to shut down, and the OS, in it's
efforts to work with the data on the now apparently disabled drives
crashes. Both drives appear to be affected, as they both seem to get very
hot to the touch. No other components seem to suffer these problems.
It's really bizarre that you would have *two* brand new drives both
experiencing these overheating issues.
They're probably still under warranty, so maybe you should contact WD
about it.
If the two drives are from the same batch, perhaps the same problem
exists in both. I've read recommendations regarding RAID set-ups to the
effect that you should avoid buying multiple drives made by the same
manufacturer from the same source at the same time, to cut down on the
risk that all of your discs will be taken out if you fall victim to a
manufacturing glitch with a particular batch.
I have no way of judging whether that's sound advice or paranoia, however.
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