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Offline AceHigh

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Hard Drive I/O error
« on: October 23, 2011, 01:51:50 PM »
Never had one of those before to be honest. Got it on my newer hard drive 2 days ago, the damned thing makes my entire computer go so painfully slow that I just disconnected the damned thing.

I googled for some I/O error fixes and there are multiple solutions, but what I wonder is: does anyone know of any quick way to fix it so that I plug it in and repair it as fast as possible, because that will still take a while since that damned hard drive makes everything go slow, including write/read operations on other drives.

Any experiences?
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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 02:34:53 PM »
fastest solution? buy a new one, other than trashing the drive? RMA the drive. yea sorry for the bad jokes =P

have you tried plugging it on the other sata slots? which rig are you using btw? if you're using the non-B3 sandybridge motherboards then it'll all make sense.
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Offline Lupin

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 02:43:05 PM »
Have you checked:
1. hard drive (SMART status)
2. SATA cable
2. power cable
4. drivers
5. disk accesses that can cause the entire system to crawl
6. drive temps
etc

How did you determine it was an IO error? Slowing down can mean alot of things, not just IO errors. Too many variables to consider. Isolating each variable is the first thing you should do. Have you tried using the drive on a different computer? Used different sata/power cables? Different sata ports? Maybe the drive falls back PIO mode?
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Offline NaRu

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2011, 02:53:38 PM »
A lot of times it's the sata cable. Just switch out the cable and if it's still giving you errors then check "Smart Status"
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Offline AceHigh

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2011, 03:09:38 PM »
Quote from: kitamesume on October 23, 2011, 02:34:53 PM
fastest solution? buy a new one, other than trashing the drive? RMA the drive. yea sorry for the bad jokes =P

I want to salvage the stuff on it first.

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if you're using the non-B3 sandybridge motherboards then it'll all make sense.
I am not sure, but that is interesting, since I upgraded my rig with i7 and a new mobo. Can you please give me more info/your reasoning on this?

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How did you determine it was an IO error? Slowing down can mean alot of things, not just IO errors. Too many variables to consider. Isolating each variable is the first thing you should do. Have you tried using the drive on a different computer? Used different sata/power cables? Different sata ports? Maybe the drive falls back PIO mode?

Disc management (control panel > administrative tools > computer management > Disc management tab). Then I plugged in SATA back and did a hardware rescan so my rig detected it and so did the disc management. It showed me that it was an I/O error. Furthermore if I try to access the hard drive it will take like 15 minutes before it tells me that access failed because of that I/O error. (don't want to waste my time like that again)

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A lot of times it's the sata cable. Just switch out the cable and if it's still giving you errors then check "Smart Status"
new SATA cable, but I will switch it to see if thats the problem, also have yet to check the SMART status, silly me.

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2011, 03:12:39 PM »
Quote from: AceHigh on October 23, 2011, 03:09:38 PM
Quote from: kitamesume on October 23, 2011, 02:34:53 PM
fastest solution? buy a new one, other than trashing the drive? RMA the drive. yea sorry for the bad jokes =P

I want to salvage the stuff on it first.

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if you're using the non-B3 sandybridge motherboards then it'll all make sense.
I am not sure, but that is interesting, since I upgraded my rig with i7 and a new mobo. Can you please give me more info/your reasoning on this?

this
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On January 31, 2011, Intel issued a recall on all 67-series motherboards due to a flaw in the Cougar Point Chipset.[28] A hardware issue, in which the chipset's SATA-II ports may fail over time, cause failure of connection to SATA-II devices, though data is not at risk.[29] Intel claims that this problem will only affect 5% of users over 3 years however heavier I/O workloads can exacerbate the problem.
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Offline AceHigh

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 03:24:17 PM »
Got this one. A 68 it seems, I wonder if the error can be the same though.
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Offline tyrionlannister

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2011, 04:01:07 PM »
Check here if your chipset is affected:
http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000390.htm

Also, your MB seems to have two SATA 6 Gb/s connectors and four 3 Gb/s connectors. Only the 3Gb/s connectors were affected so check if you have it connected to those. They are typically a different color.
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Offline kitamesume

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2011, 04:08:17 PM »
nao, 68 came out after they issued the 67 recall. so i'm 99.9% its fine, the remaining 0.1% is it's naturally defective =D
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Offline AceHigh

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2011, 05:01:39 PM »
Ok, so I eliminated the MB error possibility. I guess it's the hard drive itself after all. I'll download some HD tools and see if I can revive this thing long enough to extract some stuff from it.
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Offline iindigo

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2011, 10:05:00 PM »
The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 10:36:36 PM »
Quote from: iindigo on October 23, 2011, 10:05:00 PM
The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.

I must admit, that is very logical sounding... too bad things these days are created to artificially die early to reduce costs and to keep a long and steady income stream for companies.
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Offline Freedom Kira

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2011, 11:18:19 PM »
Not exactly. Reliability is a fickle thing with hardware. Some stuff just dies really early on in the life - it's called infant mortality. The stuff that lasts beyond this period typically last until the wearing out phase; any that die between the infant mortality and wearing out phases die by random, unpredictable events (or Murphy's Law).
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Offline AceHigh

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2011, 03:42:24 AM »
It can die, but not before I extract the stuff I need from it.  >:(

I have a feeling you guys are right though. I ran some HD tool software on it and it couldn't even extract SMART history. It does seem to be an early mortality... yet not early enough for a warranty it seems.
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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2011, 05:06:12 AM »
Quote from: fohfoh on October 23, 2011, 10:36:36 PM
Quote from: iindigo on October 23, 2011, 10:05:00 PM
The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.

I must admit, that is very logical sounding... too bad things these days are created to artificially die early to reduce costs and to keep a long and steady income stream for companies.

Consumers are partly responsible though. Too many people want cheap crap so companies get those crap shops in China to ship them some cheap crap. Even then they don't get that much profit, as shown by Dell and HP.
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Offline iindigo

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2011, 05:15:05 AM »
Exactly right. Dell led the wave of ultracheap walmart-quality computers in the early 2000s. Consumers lapped them up and it's gone downhill ever since.

I sincerely missed the days when Dell towers were still heavy, beige, mid-sized towers. They costed more but they were decent quality and their support rocked.

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2011, 03:06:35 PM »
I have a drive with two I/O errors. They happened twice at about the same time, then never again. Also, I have the same mainboard as Ace has, but the error's occurred on an older (700 series chip set) motherboard. This mother board acts up some times during post. I have no clue why (no over clocking).
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Offline AceHigh

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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2011, 04:01:46 PM »
You fixed it?
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Re: Hard Drive I/O error
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2011, 10:21:46 PM »
The I/O error? It stopped on its own. I did replace the cable, as a precaution, but ultimately it was only those two instances. I believe that SMART entry is a count, as opposed to a rate, so unless it keeps going up I would just ignore it.
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