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Notices by Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info), page 4

  1. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 17:00:37 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Copied the 500GB HDD image to the WD 1TB HDD again, and got an entirely different hash from the last attempt. The drive will have to be zero-filled.
    In conversation Monday, 17-Jul-2023 17:00:37 EDT from web permalink
  2. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 08:43:45 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Most of that delayed time from the server upgrade has been spent reorganizing the main NAS data (and changing the system drive and backup drive). So I finally wrangled that issue.

    The WD WD10EALS 1TB scratch disk is officially retired, as attempting to write data normally past the 139GB barrier actually crashes the drive and it would return as unrecognized. This did not show up in either the HD Tune Pro verify scan or the MHDD scan. (This, however, did hang HD Tune Pro, but the drive would return a few minutes later and the scan would resume as if nothing had happened.) The unrecognized part only happens when writing data normally.

    Amusingly, this also did not show up in the HD Tune Pro erase procedure, but a verify after that would mark that area as red, but not crash the drive.
    In conversation Monday, 17-Jul-2023 08:43:45 EDT from web permalink
  3. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 08:17:59 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    The Blu-ray drive is fully functional. I can erase and burn data to Blu-ray discs.

    I erased one BD-RE due to a burning mishap (one video file was corrupt on the 4TB scratch disk), and I burned one BD-RE with two seasons of MST3K (old videos in storage from 2009).
    In conversation Monday, 17-Jul-2023 08:17:59 EDT from web permalink
  4. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2023 23:44:02 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Recently I have bought a Pioneer BDR-XD07B portable Blu-ray/DVD/CD burner for $40. The blue laser diode's preliminary testing was a a few PS3 discs; this worked in a way, as it "recognized" the PS3 discs - rather than the drive responding as 'No Disc', anyway.

    I then got two different brands of 10 - 25GB Blu-ray rewritable discs (BD-RE) and inserted one of each disc to test the blue laser diode. The drive does recognize the discs: one Ritek (Smartbuy) and one CMC Magnetics (Verbatim).

    Need a candidate for testing BD-RE burning, and I think it will be the old-stash MST3K movie set I found on TPB /years/ ago. Of course, the 4TB scratch disk and the old homemade DVD/CD sets will be involved.
    In conversation Friday, 14-Jul-2023 23:44:02 EDT from web permalink
  5. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2023 23:05:39 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    The consistency check has passed, so the MediaDrive is erased. For now, it has the latest data from my main laptop, soon to be sent to the main NAS.

    Meanwhile, there are two copies of a 500GB laptop HDD image, and the hashes do not match.

    Toshiba 1TB HDD - original image copy
    WD 1TB HDD - second image copy

    The second image copy is the bad one; that drive where the second image copy resides has pending sectors; the original is fine. I'll copy the original again to that drive after copying both of them to the 4TB scratch drive.
    In conversation Friday, 14-Jul-2023 23:05:39 EDT from web permalink
  6. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 11:37:12 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    That second 80GB system drive is dead. Seems I lucked out mirroring the original Windows XP data AND the NAS system data off that same drive before this! 😮
    In conversation Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 11:37:12 EDT from web permalink
  7. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 20:23:13 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Finally started the consistency check on MediaShare. So far, so good.
    In conversation Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 20:23:13 EDT from web permalink
  8. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 20:20:36 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Now the 1TB drive has pending sectors! This particular scratch disk has become a system backup image disk, however.

    The 4TB scratch disk needs more write tests before I can use this one further. Add data to the drive before sending it to the main NAS.

    The second 80GB system drive had to be directly imaged to another 80GB drive because that one developed bad sectors. The Seagate 80GB drive... the original NAS system drive, with over 112K Power-On-Hours, still reigns supreme. No known bad sectors so far.
    In conversation Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 20:20:36 EDT from web permalink
  9. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:31:53 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Swapped the suspect drive with the replacement and the array is rebuilding as of this post. Should be done by morning.

    The old 4TB Toshiba Enterprise drive is now a scratch disk, as is the older 1TB Western Digital Blue drive.

    ...I think I have an idea of what to do with the 4TB drive, though.
    In conversation Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 01:31:53 EDT from web permalink
  10. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 00:16:42 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Replacement drive has passed with flying colors!

    Also realized during benchmarks that the Orico enclosure I own has a strange limit of 100MB/s vs. my older Vantec NexStar 3 enclosure, which is higher than 100MB/s...

    I would've used the NexStar in order to check the drive for errors faster, but then the drive would go past 50°C in this room...
    In conversation Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 00:16:42 EDT from web permalink
  11. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 13:26:21 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Same day I made that previous post, I ordered a replacement drive, same model. It arrived today and I am testing it now.

    First step: error-checking the drive
    Second step: benchmark the drive

    Then - Replace the not-yet-failing drive with this one in the main NAS RAID5 if things are smooth with those two steps.
    In conversation Monday, 10-Jul-2023 13:26:21 EDT from web permalink
  12. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 16:47:52 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Looked at the UPS Load count: the current version of the main NAS uses less power than the previous version. This is good.

    Previous version: ASUS P5N-E SLI with Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 and 6GB of DDR2-800 RAM
    Current version: ASUS P8H61-I R2.0 with Intel Core i5-3570 and 8GB of DDR3-1600 RAM
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 16:47:52 EDT from web permalink
  13. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 16:36:08 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Oof, bad sector count is now 21 from 9 as previously. SMART Device Error count remains at 22. I think this happened after the RAID check. So these consistency checks actually do their job, it seems.

    Reference:
    http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/notice/102
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 16:36:08 EDT from web permalink

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    1. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Sunday, 04-Jun-2023 20:42:17 EDT - Ami Sapphire's Notices
      Bad sector count is now 9 from 8 as previously. SMART Device Error count remains at 22, which was there about a month before the first bad sector count (which was at 2). Reference: http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/notice/90
  14. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 14:50:26 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Addendum:

    4. Reboot.

    I found out that without the reboot, unplugging and replugging the USB 3.0 device actually times out if it is done in less than 30 seconds.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 14:50:26 EDT from web permalink
  15. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 12:50:22 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    I *may* have wrangled the power delivery issue. This may be solved, but I do not want to be too optimistic.

    USB 3.0 controller:
    Renesas Electronics (formerly NEC) µPD720200 /µPD720200A /µPD720201/µPD720202

    Detected as:
    - PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&REV_03
    - PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&REV_04
    - NUSB3\ROOT_HUB30
    - NUSB3\CLASS_09&SUBCLASS_00&PROT_00
    - NUSB3\CLASS_09&SUBCLASS_00&PROT_01
    - NUSB3\CLASS_09&SUBCLASS_00&PROT_02
    - NUSB3\CLASS_09&SUBCLASS_00&PROT_03
    - NUSB3\CLASS_09&SUBCLASS_01

    Instructions
    1. Locate the drivers for the controller, which are 2.1.39.0, and install them.
    2. After installation, run the USB 3.0 Host Controller utility.
    3. Check Disable USB 3.0 power management functions and click OK.

    Drivers:
    https://www.usb3-drivers.com/download.php?iddrv=62
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 12:50:22 EDT from web permalink

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      Download Renesas USB 3.0 drivers for Unknown OS
      Download latest Renesas USB 3.0 drivers version 2.1.39.0 from 2012-09-13
  16. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:37:42 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Shut down the second NAS; will run a consistency check on the main NAS's MediaShare, now that I have the hashes for the MediaDrive.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:37:42 EDT from web permalink
  17. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:32:58 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Natch. first *time
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:32:58 EDT from web permalink
  18. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:30:10 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Hard shut down the system and turned it back on. The USB 3.0 ports are back!

    Also learned that using the front port with the external Blu-Ray drive causes the connection issue, while the rear one does not... This is odd.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:30:10 EDT from web permalink
  19. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:27:59 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Heh, lost a Firefox Tab Session for the first rime of using this browser since 2006. That record is now broken: 17 years! Even so, it's half a session! Weird.

    I, however, restored it from a late June/early July session and test-restored the browser (closing and opening it again). It's fine now; just lost over 50 tabs instead. Meh.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 10:27:59 EDT from web permalink
  20. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 00:24:18 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Should've mentioned beforehand: the main NAS is now using the previous Second Generation gaming system setup; the ASUS P5N-E SLI board was from the main NAS.
    In conversation Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 00:24:18 EDT from web permalink
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Clarissa Walker

Clarissa Walker

Detroit, MI

http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info

Hobbyist computer tweaker/repairperson, webmistress, procrastinator. Does things on my own time. Also known as CW Cyrix.

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