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[Toothless]

Ermahgerd. I mah herv sermahthin. Ders ert terk IDE er SATA?
(http://ermahgerd.jmillerdesign.com/#!/translate)


..yet.

Erts er SATA ernd ert ernly erds 60GBer.

 

[xvi]

Erts er SATA ernd ert ernly erds 60GBer.

Maaan that's hard to read. I'll check and see what I have.

 

[Toothless]

Maaan that's hard to read. I'll check and see what I have.

They teach that language on Berk.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Ermahgerd. I mah herv sermahthin. Ders ert terk IDE er SATA?
(http://ermahgerd.jmillerdesign.com/#!/translate)


..yet.

LOL that reminded me of a little chat. This is NSFW because of language so don't click this shit if your at work or in front of parents.

Oh and this is on topic Mods, Crunchers helping Crunchers laugh

 

[XZero450]

Does anyone have some DDR3? I have a micro atx 1156 system that needs some RAM to get going in tandem with my 2620.

 

[[Ion]]

Many of us have tried this, and for WCG it is not a viable solution. I first used a usb 2.0 stick, then a usb 3.0 stick. Both times it started ok, but over time linux became highly unstable doing all sorts of wierd things. It even killed the usb 2.0 stick, but not the usb 3.0.

Issue is, I think, that USB sticks aren't meant to handle as many writes as WCG or an OS requires. A HDD over USB works fine, albeit slowly, but the cheap flash in USB sticks just isn't good enough.

 

[Nordic]

Issue is, I think, that USB sticks aren't meant to handle as many writes as WCG or an OS requires. A HDD over USB works fine, albeit slowly, but the cheap flash in USB sticks just isn't good enough.

That is my assumption as well. I was hoping the nicer usb 3.0 stick might be able to handle it. It has some ssd features like drive leveling and so on. It was not though. I think there are usb drives capable, but they are just as expensive as a ssd.

I ended up having the windows 8 installed and boinc running in about 5 minutes when installing with a usb 3.0 drive. AMAZING.

 

[xvi]

So, I need a different kind of support. Like, moral support.

I... I think it's dead. Don't worry, it's not a crunching machine. It's out of a work laptop. Someone decided a 2.5" 7200RPM drive would be a great drive for a tech laptop that gets thrown around constantly.
Don't worry. Upper management bought an entirely new laptop to replace it.

 

[stinger608]

Yep, its junk @xvi

 

[twilyth]

The drive might be trying to communicate with you. The pattern of green blocks seem to show a cloud formation so I think it's telling you that it's going to that big server in the sky.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

that's what we call, an Hell hard drive!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

There is a couple spots of usable space there @xvi We must not be wasteful now ok.

 

[xvi]

There is a couple spots of usable space there @xvi We must not be wasteful now ok.

That's what I was thinking. How do I set up a partition that only uses those good spaces?

 

[twilyth]

That's what I was thinking. How do I set up a partition that only uses those good spaces?

Have you tried to repair the bad sectors. In Windows, the disk check utility has that option.

 

[xvi]

Have you tried to repair the bad sectors. In Windows, the disk check utility has that option.

If I'm not mistaken, that repair process is to reallocate that sector to a reserve section and mark the sector as bad. I'd need a loooooot of reserve in this case. Assuming you mean chkdsk, I think it just does that on a filesystem level. Also, I zero-filled the drive (which came up with errors) and anything that reads SMART values is going absolutely nuts. As nice as it'd be to have a 7200RPM drive again, I don't think this one's coming back from the dead.

I'll give it a try once this second zerofill pass goes through though. I'm curious to see exactly how unusable it is. The drive runs silent, so I don't think there's any physical issues even though it likely died due to physical roughhousing.

 

[twilyth]

If I'm not mistaken, that repair process is to reallocate that sector to a reserve section and mark the sector as bad. I'd need a loooooot of reserve in this case. Assuming you mean chkdsk, I think it just does that on a filesystem level. Also, I zero-filled the drive (which came up with errors) and anything that reads SMART values is going absolutely nuts. As nice as it'd be to have a 7200RPM drive again, I don't think this one's coming back from the dead.

I don't think that's how it works. There hard errors and soft errors. The soft errors can be fixed by writing over the sector. That's what the utility does. But if it's a hard error, then the physical media is damaged in those spots. You can check on your hard drive health under the SMART tab if it's a SMART drive.

 

[xvi]

I don't think that's how it works. There hard errors and soft errors. The soft errors can be fixed by writing over the sector. That's what the utility does. But if it's a hard error, then the physical media is damaged in those spots. You can check on your hard drive health under the SMART tab if it's a SMART drive.

Already have. It's not happy, sadly.

Current date and time: 2/18/2015 2:28:36 PM
HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.40; http://hddguru.com
SMART data for [1]  Hitachi HTS725050A9A364    PC4OC70E    [500.1 GB]    (976773168 512-byte sectors)

          Attribute                      Current   Worst          Raw       Note
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1    01  Read error rate                   91       65           2293777
2    02  Throughput performance           100      100                 0
3    03  Spin up time                     151      100      107374182402
4    04  Number of spin-up times           99       99              2187
5    05  Reallocated sectors count          1        1         313136508
7    07  Seek error rate                  100      100                 0
8    08  Seek performance                 100      100                 0
9    09  Power-on time                     77       77             10240
10   0A  Spin-up retries                  100      100                 0
12   0C  Power Cycles                     100      100              1488
183  B7  Unknown                          100      100                 0
184  B8  End to End Error                 100      100                 0
187  BB  Reported Uncorrectable            46      100   281470825272299
188  BC  Command Time Out                 100        1     3436043044373
190  BE  Airflow Temperature               70       40         672792606
191  BF  Unknown                          100      100                56
192  C0  Power-off retract count           99       99          23069024
193  C1  Load/unload cycle count           53       53            470055
196  C4  Reallocate event count           100       86              5500
197  C5  Current pending sectors          100      100               154
198  C6  Offline scan UNC sectors         100      100                 0
199  C7  Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate         100      100                 0
223  DF  Load retry count                 100      100                 0

Going off the raw value of reallocated sectors multiplied by the 512 byte sector size, it's reallocated ~150GB worth already. Not sure if that's right as that's almost 25% of the drive dedicated to reserve space. I expected more like 5%.

Any idea if HDTune and other programs would see reallocated sectors when it scans? I'm guessing not since it's handled by the drive itself.

 

[Nordic]

Hirens boot cd has some software that can supposedly fix some really nasty hdd errors. I doubt it could do a miracle on that but maybe it would be enough to make it usable for a cruncher.

 

[twilyth]

Hirens boot cd has some software that can supposedly fix some really nasty hdd errors. I doubt it could do a miracle on that but maybe it would be enough to make it usable for a cruncher.

That's an interesting point. I wonder how reliable the drive would have to be to make it suitable for crunching. It probably doesn't matter a lot for boinc but could be an issue for the OS.

 

[Nordic]

That's an interesting point. I wonder how reliable the drive would have to be to make it suitable for crunching. It probably doesn't matter a lot for boinc but could be an issue for the OS.

Say you were able to get about 8GB usable. That would be enough for boinc. Probably wouldnt be that big of a deal if it was a linux that sat in memory most of the time either.

 

[Caring1]

There is a couple spots of usable space there @xvi We must not be wasteful now ok.

A quick Defrag and it's good as new

 

[theonedub]

Any cruncher want to give me advice on selling on eBay? Don't want to make a thread and just had a couple quick questions.

As a new seller, are there any things I need to know about that are obvious scams?

I listed an item, priced it under the cheapest one currently listed (and provided free Pri Shipping) and it sold in less than a few minutes after going live. Buyer has hundreds of feedback 100%, paid via PP, and has a confirmed address. I purchased the shipping straight from the USPS partnership on Ebay's site and will drop the package off Monday. I should be golden, right?

 

[Norton]

Any cruncher want to give me advice on selling on eBay? Don't want to make a thread and just had a couple quick questions.

As a new seller, are there any things I need to know about that are obvious scams?

I listed an item, priced it under the cheapest one currently listed (and provided free Pri Shipping) and it sold in less than a few minutes after going live. Buyer has hundreds of feedback 100%, paid via PP, and has a confirmed address. I purchased the shipping straight from the USPS partnership on Ebay's site and will drop the package off Monday. I should be golden, right?

I would check in with @yotano211 on this. He mentioned doing a lot of business through ebay....

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Any cruncher want to give me advice on selling on eBay? Don't want to make a thread and just had a couple quick questions.

As a new seller, are there any things I need to know about that are obvious scams?

I listed an item, priced it under the cheapest one currently listed (and provided free Pri Shipping) and it sold in less than a few minutes after going live. Buyer has hundreds of feedback 100%, paid via PP, and has a confirmed address. I purchased the shipping straight from the USPS partnership on Ebay's site and will drop the package off Monday. I should be golden, right?[/UOTE]
Your good now remeber you might have to await for payment to actually clear PP for a bit. New policy makes you wait before you can actually access funds.

 

[twilyth]

I haven't sold a lot on ebay but when I have sold high value items like gold coins, I always require the person to show id and sign for the package. I don't know how much good that actually does me but I figured that the recipient at least couldn't claim they never got the item. Well, they could always say there was nothing in the box, which I've heard is a not uncommon scam, but at least I can prove the got the package.

I guess the most important thing is to have reputable buyers. IOW, restrict who can bid on your items by rating and country. Someone who has a long track record with a good rating should be safe.