PC issues

[jollyjack]

New Motherboard fitted, at first all worked fine, but then finally i fixed my problems;

at a certain point windows enterprise stated booting very slow and i could not figure it out for days.

Tested all hardware, drivers, windows updated, i got nutz.

 

Then i accidentally ran a boot without my internal 3TB drive connected, which BTW also tested OK,  and all was well.

 

Q: can you do others stress tests with special software, or update firmware on a Seagate Barracuda drive? It's not that old, but of course no mo warranty.

 

PS During all these tests i also bought windows 11 pro; f*ck, cortane, edge and all that MS bull and spyware to be removed again.

I got it stripped to a basic setup, seems to run fine after a lot of tuning.

[Raptorattacker]

If you're after some sort of help you need to let people know your configuration mate.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

2 hours ago, jollyjack said:

Q: can you do others stress tests with special software, or update firmware on a Seagate Barracuda drive? It's not that old, but of course no mo warranty.

Do you have anything installed on that drive? Or does it just contain data?

 

Regarding tests, I would start with a full SMART test (use Linux or WSL for that, sudo smartctl --test=long [drivename, e.g. /dev/sda]). If there are any problems with your SSD, smartctl is likely to find them.

 

Yes, you can update the firmware of your SSD. Google for the firmware of your specific series.

[jollyjack]

Thanks all. => Meanwhile back at the station:

 

Found the firmware links on a local Seagate site, but my serial is not recognized. Also found all sorts of tools, but have not installed them yet.

I will update this post when i get the time to figure it out.

 

And Linux is not in my bag of tricks (yet?).

 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

26 minutes ago, jollyjack said:

And Linux is not in my bag of tricks (yet?).

Especially as you mention you use Windows 11 now, check out WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). It's a way to run linux commands within Windows. On Win10 it only worked for console programs, but in Win11 they added support for GUI applications as well. My experience is that it works great, and in many cases is preferable to using the Windows functions. E.g. if I'm searching for a file somewhere, it takes much less time to just open up a WSL window and use the Linux command "find", than type it in the search box in Windows Explorer and wait until Windows is done.

 

WSL can be installed for free straight from the Microsoft Store, pre-packed with Linux distributions at will. For instance, to install the popular Ubuntu distribution within your Windows installation, just search for Ubuntu and click GET. WSL itself is maintained by Windows and Ubuntu by the normal Ubuntu team, so you don't have to worry about ending support etc.

[jollyjack]

Well, windows 11 is nice, but i just reinstalled my ole 10 Enterprise workhorse ... but i'll keep it in mind however.

[jollyjack]

Well, finally figured it out; the writable area near the end gave errors, not always, and running windows disk check did not see any.

Seatools did however. I think this drive was about 9 years old .... then an expensive Baracuda 3TB.

[1Sascha]

18 hours ago, jollyjack said:

I think this drive was about 9 years old .... then an expensive Baracuda 3TB.

 

On 1/16/2023 at 9:51 AM, jollyjack said:

It's not that old, but of course no mo warranty.

 

 

Errr...?

 

I still have a Seagate 1TB HDD in my system that's probably nearing 9 years of age now. I've only ever used that one as my data-dumping-ground, never as a system drive, but I do expect it to croak any second. Nine years is pretty old IMO for a mechanical drive. Well... considering that my very first SSD (256 GB OCZ from the mid 2010s) died right around the time the warranty had expired, I guess it doesn't matter much whether we're talking HDD or SSD. ?

 

 

S.

[jollyjack]

Guess my 74 years ole brain must be full of errors too ...

[cardboard_killer]

3 hours ago, jollyjack said:

Guess my 74 years ole brain must be full of errors too ...