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    Question 2nd New HDD with SMART error, "Spin Retry Count" ?

    Hey, I just plugged it into a different sata power cable, and now it is letting me boot in and the spin retry count is fine, I think it was either a bad sata power cable, or I had my fans all plugged in and RGB etc to 1 single cable. Now the CDI is fine, here's a screenshot. View...
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    Question 2nd New HDD with SMART error, "Spin Retry Count" ?

    I do have DOCP on my RAM, but its auto. I read somewhere that SMART errors are on the disk itself and so even if I change stuff, won't this error still occur as its on the drive now?
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    Question 2nd New HDD with SMART error, "Spin Retry Count" ?

    I really appreciate the response, the power supply isn’t that old, I bought it used off of eBay 2 years ago, but it runs the rest of my system drawing high loads smoothly. I was on a B450 Max, and haven’t installed windows again since, as I am scared I will mess something up with files on the OS...
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    Question 2nd New HDD with SMART error, "Spin Retry Count" ?

    So I got a 4tb HDD, it was fine for a day, then I turned on my PC to "SMART Failure detected" within 41 hours of operation, I contacted seagate after running Crystal Disk Info saying there was a spin retry count error, and the conclusion was that I had accidentally bought an OEM drive under the...