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andyfras – 17 hours ago »
I’ve currently got a pile of about 20 HDDs which have failed. All are from PVRs, mostly Topfield. The most recent is from a Humax DTR-T1000.
Faults range from an excessive number of bad sectors, to ‘click of death’. Some are just too flaky and prone to corruption, but show no definable errors.
If I think that there’s chance of recovery, I’ll use the manufacturer’s diagnostics( SeaTools, WD Lifeguard), but it’s rarely successful.
I would contact the Guinness book of world records if I were you.
I’ve also seen many 10 year old PVR disks that are still going strong without errors.
Maybe you’ve just been luckier than most. I’d be happy for you to take away my pile of faulty disks, get them going again, and prove that it’s my error.
Faust – 1 hour ago » …Perhaps another vote for things best kept running…
The PC in question is powered up and running a fairly heavy load 16 hrs a day. I assume that not even you would advocate leaving it on permanently.
I have to admit that your self-belief is awe inspiring based as it is on very limited experience.
Faust – 1 hour ago » …Google themselves did some research on their own servers HDD a number of years ago and found tremendous resilience…
Google don’t use mechanical HDDs of the type we are discussing. They use Persistent Disk SSDs in their Cloud arrays. Sure, they are very reliable, but cost lots, lots more. I myself now use Samsung SSDs which have a guaranteed life of 10 years, but cost around 4 times what a HDD costs.
You need to get out more.
Pollensa1946 – 3 hours ago »
Faust – 1 hour ago » …Perhaps another vote for things best kept running…
The PC in question is powered up and running a fairly heavy load 16 hrs a day. I assume that not even you would advocate leaving it on permanently.
I have to admit that your self-belief is awe inspiring based as it is on very limited experience.
You haven’t the first clue about my career path as (1) I was/am subject to the OSA and (2) it’s not something I would discuss on the internet in any event. Not everyone feels the need to air their perceived superiority.
Just for the record my NAS RAID array is on 24/7 365 days a year – WD Red’s – no failures to report.
You might be surprised is all I will say.
Pollensa1946 – 3 hours ago »
Faust – 1 hour ago » …Google themselves did some research on their own servers HDD a number of years ago and found tremendous resilience…
Google don’t use mechanical HDDs of the type we are discussing. They use Persistent Disk SSDs in their Cloud arrays. Sure, they are very reliable, but cost lots, lots more. I myself now use Samsung SSDs which have a guaranteed life of 10 years, but cost around 4 times what a HDD costs.
You need to get out more.
Yes I also now use the Samsung EVO 850 Pro. I learned all about them whilst I was getting out. 🙄
Faust – 2 minutes ago » …You might be surprised is all I will say.
Oh you don’t surprise me one bit
andyfras – 4 hours ago »
I’ve also seen many 10 year old PVR disks that are still going strong without errors.
Maybe you’ve just been luckier than most. I’d be happy for you to take away my pile of faulty disks, get them going again, and prove that it’s my error.
Thought you may find this of use – http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/contact/
Girls,girls,put away the handbags, get back to the reason all are airing their valid view points,,,,, humax in some way are responsible for messing up ppls units,either by glitches in software/firmware faults,or a batch of 1000s boxes,that were fitted with faulty parts,and up to now are doing f!!k all to remedy it.
Corks finest – 51 minutes ago »
Girls,girls,put away the handbags, get back to the reason all are airing their valid view points,,,,, humax in some way are responsible for messing up ppls units,either by glitches in software/firmware faults,or a batch of 1000s boxes,that were fitted with faulty parts,and up to now are doing f!!k all to remedy it.
Quite agree, unfortunately I can’t add anything useful to this thread as I have signed the OSA too. 😆
Early SKY+ boxes were notoriously unreliable HDD wise, I witnessed loads of them having their drives changed. The ‘rattle of death’ resonated around the workshop.
However I’m not sure if those, mainly Seagate drives were specifically designed for AV use.
The problem isn’t with the hard drive, it’s a firmware fault that’s been ongoing between freesat and HUMAX since January (as informed by HUMAX tech guy). So send letters, tweets and emails if the problem still exists! However from today my 1010S is now back working after 1 week of it being unusable!! It was unable to Rec, pause, rewind, forward, the hard drive said it was empty even though I had 65% filled before it went wrong.
The firmware has obviously has now been updated and it is “for the moment” solved. I await the apology letter from HUMAX!
peepingtim – 5 minutes ago »
The problem isn’t with the hard drive, it’s a firmware fault that’s been ongoing between freesat and HUMAX since January (as informed by HUMAX tech guy). So send letters, tweets and emails if the problem still exists! However from today my 1010S is now back working after 1 week of it being unusable!! It was unable to Rec, pause, rewind, forward, the hard drive said it was empty even though I had 65% filled before it went wrong.
The firmware has obviously has now been updated and it is “for the moment” solved. I await the apology letter from HUMAX!
The firmware has had no changes relating to this issue yet – as I understand things Humax are still trying to replicate the issue.
REPASSAC – 30 minutes ago » …as I understand things Humax are still trying to replicate the issue.
Problem is that users are reporting a diverse range of feedback from Humax…
One poster reports he had his box replaced, under what conditions?
Other posters have had feedback that it is not s/w related and suggesting a h/w failure.
Other posters report as you state, that Humax say they are still investigating.
Muddy waters.
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