Recent content by Ebiye Idumange Elton

Alright. Thank you for your timely reply and your advice.

Thank you for your timely reply. Could you tell me how you were able to interpret the SMART data? I would like to learn to do so as well. If I understood you correctly you think the data corruption has to do with the USB cable? Or the USB-SATA bridge? I went through that article - it seems to...

Thank you for your timely response. Yes, I wouldn't put a lot of trust in it either. The drive was not purchased for critical use but as a download location for the files I was torrenting. The weird behavior is what I would like to isolate and understand the cause of.

Thank you very much for your timely response and help. I've updated the link in the first post. You suspect it's the bridge in the USB enclosure? The funny thing about that is that I got a USB enclosure from AliExpress, two in fact. One of the enclosures I inserted an old Seagate Hard disk...

Thank you for your timely reply. I think I would seriously consider that. Although I wonder if the right brand/stores might make a difference. I mean Western Digital, Lexar, HikVision have Global stores in Aliexpress. Wouldn't their products be authentic?

Thank you for your timely reply. Here's a link to the drive. I was able to verify the storage space of the drive using H2testw, and it was exactly as advertised.

Thank you for your timely reply. I started testing the drive with H2testw and I will update the drive with the results.

Thank you for your timely reply. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't have a commercial presence in my country which is why I turned to Aliexpress. I think I would use H2testw to verify the true capacity of the drive.

Thank you for replying timely. What I meant by "torrenting old files" is that I use QBittorrent to download files into the SATA SSD that I use as an external hard drive. The files being corrupted means that when I disconnect the SSD and reconnect it, there's often a problem with the files...

Hello good people. I ordered an SSD a few weeks ago from AliExpress for external data storage. It was a 512Gb SATA drive SSD. Once I received it, I viewed the SMART data for the SSD. Everything checked out and the health was good. I used CrystalDiskInfo - I'll share a screenshot of the SMART...

Thank you for your advice. Clearly I made the wrong choice then - I'll keep it in mind for future experiences. I think that next time I'm experiencing hardware problems. I'll make sure to consult hardware forums for advice so that I can minimize any possible damage as much as possible.

Apparently.... What is it with these google searches.... Different websites just contradicting each other. You're right. Aluminum foil is a terrible insulator. So hypothetically speaking would a rubber black tape help in such a situation. That's good to know, thanks.

Thank you for your comment. I'm aware now of what an error using Vaseline was. If only I had double checked the insulating properties I would've found a better alternative. Like aluminum tin foil is a good insulator. What do you think of my other questions in my previous post? Are you...

Okay. Thank you for your response. I'd like to share with you some comments an acquaintance had on the issue and let me know the validity of it. I'm still a novice in regards to troubleshooting P.C parts so I'd like to get better at it. Would a problem like the one I had where it affected...

Hmm I see.. I'm not sure that I did that. It wasn't my computer so I didn't want to reset the BIOS settings of a computer that didn't belong to me. I guess what that means is that the only other computer I tested the GPU on - the testing process was faulty so the results may be inaccurate. But...