Hello,
I might be having a problem with my brand new Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200.14. I already own two of these drives and while testing them with HDTune, I noticed something fishy. Here's a pic:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3822/hdd9.png
The left result is from my former identical 2TB drive, the middle and right pics are both from the new disk.
As you can see, the transfer rates on the new drive are extremely erratic. Having some spikes is common, but the frequency of fluctuation and size of these spikes (in parts around 100MB) on the new drive seems a bit much. All my other drives (internally and externally) run comparably smooth, similar to the left pic.
The drive has the newest firmware, SMART values are normal, no rt-AV programs are running and as far as I can tell there's nothing accessing the drive. For one, it's the E drive in my system, so there shouldn't be any system functions anyhow, and according to the resource monitor there's only some activity on C drive and apart from HDTune, nothing accessing E drive.
I've copied some files to the drive and the average speeds were good (around 100MB/s), but the erratic fluctuation still worries me, because of the wear and tear it might cause in the long run.
What do you guys think? Should I be worried? I can still return it and swap for a new drive if necessary.
Thanks!
I might be having a problem with my brand new Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200.14. I already own two of these drives and while testing them with HDTune, I noticed something fishy. Here's a pic:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3822/hdd9.png
The left result is from my former identical 2TB drive, the middle and right pics are both from the new disk.
As you can see, the transfer rates on the new drive are extremely erratic. Having some spikes is common, but the frequency of fluctuation and size of these spikes (in parts around 100MB) on the new drive seems a bit much. All my other drives (internally and externally) run comparably smooth, similar to the left pic.
The drive has the newest firmware, SMART values are normal, no rt-AV programs are running and as far as I can tell there's nothing accessing the drive. For one, it's the E drive in my system, so there shouldn't be any system functions anyhow, and according to the resource monitor there's only some activity on C drive and apart from HDTune, nothing accessing E drive.
I've copied some files to the drive and the average speeds were good (around 100MB/s), but the erratic fluctuation still worries me, because of the wear and tear it might cause in the long run.
What do you guys think? Should I be worried? I can still return it and swap for a new drive if necessary.
Thanks!