Problems with a HHD Velociraptor

Betao · Oct 24, 2012

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I´m having strong lags in IL2 1946 standard. Checking thebrand new Velociraptor with HDTune there are strong down spikes even to 60MB as low so it might be a problem going on. Any ideas? Thanks,

EarthDog · Oct 24, 2012

Can you post a screenshot of HDTune please? List system specs... IL2 1946 appears to be a game... when it 'lags' do you see HDD activity light on at the time? How do you know the HDD is causing this 'lag' you describe?

Betao · Oct 24, 2012

Thanks for the prompt reply. Later I can have access to the rig in question and will post HDTune screenshots. I´ve built this "new" old PC with a X48 mobo, Win XP 32, Pentium 4 660, 8800 Ultra, 4GB RAM, Corsair 850W and the Velociraptor as the sole HDD not partioned. Yes, IL2 is a WWII flight combat simulator. I haven´t notice the hdd led and got suspicious about this drive because the heavy spikes in the benchmark. Overall the rig is working properly.

onefstsnake · Oct 24, 2012

Also, WD has a HDD Utility for checking the health of the drive.
Free DL off their website.

Betao · Oct 24, 2012

Here the HDTune bench

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/4712/imagem1jp.png

On WD Diagnostics Tools appears this in the Quick bench

http://imageshack.us/a/img812/1373/imagem2la.png

And in the Long Bench it almost stops at this:

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/7440/imagem3r.png

Test still running and in the end I´ll post the results.

Thanks,

EarthDog · Oct 24, 2012

The drive may be on its way out...I would try to get all the data you need off that drive and put it on another that doesnt look like its on the way out.

hank123 · Oct 25, 2012

If the drive is still covered WD is pretty good about replacing it with a new one. Pull your data, set up an RMA, and enjoy a fresh new drive.

Automata · Oct 25, 2012

In HDTune, what does the Health tab say? The benchmark isn't useful in diagnosing disk failure unless it is about two minutes from dying.

shadowdr · Oct 27, 2012

It is probably actively trying to reallocate a bad sector(s). Not a problem if the are enough empty sectors to reallocate it to and the sector is not in use, reading smart data may be able to tell you if there are allready a lot of reallocated sectors. I would run "chkdsk drive letter: /v /x /r" from the command prompt and let it do it's buisness over night in case the data is always in use, it will probably stall when it gets to the bad sector for a long time but can usually fix this given enough time.

Betao · Oct 28, 2012

Thanks guys. I´ll do a RMA.

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