smart event

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  1. GearHeadPhone

    [SOLVED] Seagate Firecuda 520: SMART'S "Percentage Used" is Above "Data Units Written" / Drive's TBW

    I have a Firecuda 520. This is the relevant section of smartctl 2239 hours is 8,060,400 seconds 510 TB is 534,773,760 MB 534,773,760 / 8,060,400 is 66 MB/s, which is roughly what live monitoring reports for MB writes/s, 24/7. The problem: this drive's TBW is 3600. BUt 510 / 3600 is 14.2%...
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    Question Please Help! "SATA SSD on Controller 0, Port 5: At risk (SMART event)" What does this mean?!

    I've been receiving the message: "SATA SSD on Controller 0, Port 5: At risk (SMART event)" for the past couple of days. Obviously an impending problem is on the horizon, but I have no idea what it is or how to fix it. Can someone please help me identify the problem and how to go about fixing it...
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    Question My HDD crashed and will not boot. How can I recover some files?

    Have a Gateway FX-6840-23, Windows 7 Pro, 64 - bit, 1TB HDD, AMD Radeon 5700 series GPU, upgraded PSU - Rosewill, 8GB RAM, Asus Zonar sound card. Computer has been warning me of a Smart Event on the HDD, and it eventually crashed. Can't boot, even with a boot disc. Not concerned with the OS...
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    Value For Money Headphones

    Hi, I am looking for a pair of headphones to replace my Sennheiser HD 202s since they really hurt and don't sound all that great. I'll be using them for music (rock/metal) and playing FPS games such as CS:GO. From What I've read open headphones are best for sound quality and sound stage but they...