HasturHardware

Keybinding Markup

---
title: HasturHardware
---

Back to [Hastur][1]

[[_TOC_]]

# Hardware

## Hastur

| Type          | Make        | Model                                                    | Connector          | Specs                                          | Notes            | Price £      |
|:------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------ |
| CPU           | Intel       | Core2 Quad Q6600 (SLACR)                                 | Socket 775         | Quad 2.4GHz                                    | G0 stepping      | [149.99][37] |
| Motherboard   | Gigabyte    | GA-P35C-DS3R                   | Socket 775         |                                                | [1][40], [2][41] | [61.69][42]  |
| RAM           | Corsair     | TwinX XMS2 PC6400 |                    | DDR2 800MHz 2GB CAS4 |                  | [54.99][48]  |
| Heatsink      | Scythe      | Infinity                                                 |                    |                                                | [3][49]          | [24.29][50]  |
| Fan           | Silverstone | FN121                                       |                    |                                                | [4][52]          | [4.49][53]   |
| Fan           | Silverstone | FN121                                       |                    |                                                | [5][54]          | [4.49][53]   |
| Fan           | Silverstone | FN121                                       |                    |                                                | [6][55]          | [4.49][53]   |
| Thermal Paste | Arctic      | Silver 5                                                 |                    |                                                |                  | [3.83][53]   |
| Graphics Card | PNY         | GeForce 7300 LE                             | PCI-E x16          | VGA,DVI,TV-out,passive                         | [7][57]          | [15.31][58]  |
| DVD-RW        | Pioneer     | DVR-112BK                                                | PATA               | 18xDVD±R 10xDVD-DL                             | [8][59], black   | [15.60][60]  |
| DVD-RW        | Pioneer     | DVR-112BK                                                | PATA               | 18xDVD±R 10xDVD-DL                             |                  | [15.60][60]  |
| HDD           | Seagate     | ST380815AS                                  | SATA1 | 80GB, 8MB cache                                | [9][63]          | [22.39][64]  |
| DVB-T Capture | Hauppauge   | Nova-T PCI                                               | PCI                |                                                |                  | [24.39][65]  |
| DVB-T Capture | Hauppauge   | Nova-T PCI                                               | PCI                |                                                | [10][66]         | [24.79][67]  |
| Network Card  | Intel       | Pro 1000PT                                               | PCI-E              | 1Gbps, Jumbo:16k                               |                  | [21.02][68]  |
| Case          | Gigabyte    | Triton                                                   |                    | 5-bay ext                                      | black            | [41.65][69]  |
| PSU           | Corsair     | VX 450                                                   |                    | 450W                                           |                  | [39.00][70]  |
| eSATA Host    | No-name     | SiI3132                                     | PCI-e-1x, 2xeSATA  | SiI3132, PM-FIS                   |                  | [19.99][72]  |

## Storage

See [HasturRaidArray][73]

### 3TB

| Type | Make    | Model                    | Connector          | Specs | Notes                                      | Price £     |
|:---- | ------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ----- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3500630AS | SATA2 | 500GB | 9QG3T5QW (#4)                              | [54.89][76] |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3500630AS | SATA2 | 500GB | 9QG3T61X (#3)                              | [54.89][76] |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3500630AS | SATA2 | 500GB | 9QG3V6HN (#2)                              | [54.89][76] |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3500630AS | SATA2 | 500GB | 9QG3T5QM (#5)                              | [54.89][76] |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD501LJ     | SATA2 | 500GB | [11][78], S0MUJ1DPC01407 (#6) | [52.89][80] |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD501LJ     | SATA2 | 500GB | [12][81], S0MUJ1KP715582 (#1) | [52.89][80] |

### 8TB

| Type | Make    | Model                    | Specs              | Notes                                 | Price £     |
|:---- | ------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD203WI     | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | #S1UYJ1CZ317052, TLER(R)              | [85.09][84] |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD203WI     | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | #S1UYJ1CZ317063, TLER(R)              | [85.09][84] |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3200542AS | 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm | #9XW09GDN, CC34, TLER(R) | [93.60][87] |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3200542AS | 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm | #9XW08GNB, CC34, TLER(R) | [93.60][87] |

### 14TB

| Type | Make    | Model                    | Specs              | Notes                                 | Price £           |
|:---- | ------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD203WI     | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | #S1UYJ1CZ317052, TLER(R)              | [85.09][84]       |
| HDD  | Samsung | HD203WI     | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | #S1UYJ1CZ317063, TLER(R)              | [85.09][84]       |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3200542AS | 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm | #9XW09GDN, CC34, TLER(R) | [93.60][87]       |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3200542AS | 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm | #9XW08GNB, CC34, TLER(R) | [93.60][87]       |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3000DM001 | 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm | #Z1F1K11M, warranty until 2015-01-26  | [89.98][89] incl. |
| HDD  | Seagate | ST3000DM001 | 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm | #W1F1PG24, warranty until 2015-02-17  | [89.98][89] incl. |

## Enclosure

| Type            | Make     | Model                 | Connector                               | Specs                       | Notes                           | Price £     |
|:--------------- | -------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Enclosure Kit   | Span     | IB-5SPB               |                                         | [CFI CF-1051][90], 320W PSU | [13][91]                        | [84.00][92] |
| eSATA PM Bridge | Span     | IRSA-MM5 | SiI3726, 5xSATA to 1xeSATA |                             | [14][95], Included in kit above |             |
| SATA Cable ×5   |          |                       | 2xSATA(m)                               | 30cm                        | Included in kit above           |             |
| Hotswap Caddy   | Icy Dock | MB-455SPF             | 5xSATA                                  | 3-bay, 5-disk               |                                 | [67.46][96] |
| Hotswap Caddy   | Icy Dock | MB-453SPF             | 3xSATA                                  | 2-bay, 3-disk               |                                 | [39.89][97] |
| eSATA PM Bridge | Span     | IRSA-MM5 | SiI3726, 5xSATA to 1xeSATA |                             | [15][98], SiI3726  | [31.00][99] |
| eSATA Cable     | Span     | IRSEE-100             | 2xeSATA(m)                              | 1m                          |                                 | [3.60][100] |

## To Get

*   Enclosure PSU needs a second floppy power connector for the second PM bridge 
*   Enclosure needs 1-3 more 30cm SATA cables (for all 8 hotswap bays)

1 ICH9R PM supported >2.6.17 [⇑][102]

2 1×PCIe-16x, 3×PCIe-1x, 3×PCI [⇑][104]

3 [Scythe Infinity review][105] [⇑][106]

4 For Scythe Infinity [⇑][107]

5 For Scythe Infinity [⇑][108]

6 Auxiliary System fan [⇑][109]

7 Special offer 48% off [⇑][110]

8 Fastest optical writer currently available [⇑][111]

9 Cheapest SATA drive I could find [⇑][112]

10 Dual tuners not well supported, so I bought two single tuners [⇑][113]

11 Different drive to reduce the probability of batch disk failure [⇑][114]

12 Faulty, RMA 2008-08 [⇑][115]

13 Also includes 5.25 to 3.5 adapter rails, unused [⇑][116]

14 First port [must be occupied][117] [⇑][118]

15 First port [must be occupied][117] [⇑][119]

* * *

# Hardware Options

## Motherboard

### Requirements

*   Intel Core 2 Duo socket 
*   2 GBit LAN, at least one jumbo frame capable 
*   7 SATA (RAID 5, Hot spare, system disk) 
*   2 PATA (Dual DVD writer) 
*   2 PCI (Nova-T PCI)

### Intel P35

| Make     | Model                                  | SATA | IDE                                         | Chipset                                     | LAN       | PCIe | PCI | Notes        |
|:-------- | -------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------- | --- | ------------ |
| Asus     | P5K P35 Deluxe          | 6+1  | ICH9R, JMB361 |                                             | 2 (j9,nj) | 1x16,1x4,2x1        | 3   | [Specs][123] |
| Abit     | IP35 Pro                | 6+2e | 1                                           | ICH9R, JMB363 | 2 (nj,nj) | 1x16,1x4,1x1        | 3   | [Specs][126] |
| Foxconn  | P35A                    | 4+1e | 1                                           | ICH9R, JMB361 | 1 (nj)    | 1x16,1x4,1x1        | 3   | [Specs][128] |
| Gigabyte | GA-P35-DQ6              | 8    | 1                                           | ICH9R, JMB363 | 1 (nj)    | 1x16,1x4,3x1        | 2   | [Specs][130] |
| Gigabyte | GA-P35C-DS3R | 8    | 1                                           | ICH9R, JMB363 | 1 (nj)    | 1x16,3x1            | 3   | [Specs][131] |
| MSI      | P35 Neo                                | 5    |                                             |                                             | 2 (nj,nj) |                     |     | [Specs][132] |
| MSI      | P35 Platinum                           | 5+2e |                                             |                                             | 1 (nj)    |                     |     | [Specs][133] |

### Nvidia 650i

| Make     | Model                                     | SATA | IDE | LAN     | PCIe | PCI | Notes        |
|:-------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---- | --- | ------- | ------------------- | --- | ------------ |
| Abit     | FP-IN9 SLI                 | 4    | 2   | 1 (nj?) | 2x16,2x1            | 2   | [Specs][135] |
| Asus     | P5N-E                      | 4    | 2   | 1 (nj?) | 2x16,1x1            | 2   | [Specs][137] |
| Gigabyte | N650SLI-DS4 | 4    | 2   | 1 (nj?) | 2x16,1x1            | 2   |              |

### Nvidia 680i

| Make     | Model                                        | SATA | IDE | LAN    | PCIe | PCI | Notes        |
|:-------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---- | --- | ------ | ------------------- | --- | ------------ |
| Gigabyte | GA-N680SLI-DQ6 | 10   | 1   | 4 (nj) | 2x16,1x8,1x1        | 3   | [Specs][141] |

jN = jumbo capable, Nk frame; nj = non-jumbo

*   [Tom's P35 roundup][142] 
*   [N650i roundup][143] 
*   [Firing Squad N680i roundup][144] 
*   [Tom's Hardware 680i roundup][145] (Dec 2006) 
*   MSI S775 Intel P35 DDR2 
*   Marvell 8056 Ethernet drivers [buggy][146] on kernel 2.6.20-x 
*   <http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Libata-tj-stable> dmraid PM status (ICH9R)

## Case

1 Large case with space for 9 disks (6 raid, 1 system, 2 DVD)? Or separate case for RAID and two internal SATA to Multilane adapters?

*   <http://www.xcase.co.uk> 
*   <http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2758>

### Cases

| Make         | Model         | !Ext Bays | !Int Bays | WxHxD | Link           |
|:------------ | ------------- | --------- |:-------------------- | -------------- |
| Asus         | CK-1022-5     |           |           |                      |                |
| Lian-Li      | PC-V2000      |           |           |                      |                |
| Lian-Li      | PC-V600       | 4         | 3         | 210 371 490          | [£74.99][148]  |
| Coolermaster | Stacker 832   | 9         | 4         | 250 536 638          | [£118.72][149] |
| Coolermaster | Centurion 532 | 5         | 4         | 235 460 495          | [£33.89][150]  |
| Coolermaster | Stacker 810   | 11        | 4         | 227 536 584          | [£93.61][151]  |
| Gigabyte     | Triton        | 5         | 3         | 200 440 495          | [£41.65][69]   |

See [Enclosures][152].

## Cooling

*   <http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2941&p=7>

Thermalright Ultra 120 + Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan   
Scythe Infinity - small, up to 4 fans, economical   
*<http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2937&p=5> (Scythe Infinity)

## Overclocking

*   Q6600 nominal Vcore is 1.24V 
*   <http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155317> (4GHz on air) 
*   <http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q6600.html> 
*   3.6 at 400FSB, 1.4Vcore, 1.9Vmem

### Power Consumption

F: frequency, V: core voltage, P: power   
Poc = Foc/F * Voc/V * P

## PSU

*   <http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp> 
    *   External RAID: 389w 
    *   Int RAID (7xSATA): 551w 
    *   Int RAID (9xSATA): 605w

## Bandwidth Calculations

DVB-T: 6Mbit RAID: PCI: 127

*   <http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/buses/funcBandwidth-c.html> - PCI bandwidth 
*   <http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/pcie.ars/1> - PCIe guide 
*   <http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-6349-1054944.html> - RAID guide

# ATA Failures

Moved to [HasturAtaFailures][153]

# Array Upgrade

*   [Hastur Raid Upgrade][154]

## Special Notes

*   [WD Green bad for Linux SW raid][155] 
*   WD EARS - Advanced format Drive, 4k sectors. Needs partition alignment. 
*   [Linux and 4k sector drives][156] 
*   [The real difference between Desktop and Enterprise ECR][157] 
*   [TLER/CCTL support thread][158]

## 1TB drives

*   [1TB Roundup No.3][159] 
*   [1TB Roundup][160] 
*   [1TB Roundup with 7200.12][161] 
*   [HD103SJ vs WD1001FALS][162] 
*   [ST31000528AS][163]

| Make    | Model                           | Platters | Specs              | Notes             | Price £      | p/GB  |
|:------- | ------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ------------ | ----- |
| Hitachi | 7K1000.C                        | 2        | 7200rpm, 32MB      |                   | [49.98][164] | 4.998 |
| Samsung | HD103SJ          | 3        | 7200rpm, 32MB      | Spinpoint F3, 3yr | [52.36][166] | 5.236 |
| Seagate | ST31000520AS     |          | 5900rpm            | Barracuda LP      | [54.83][168] | 5.483 |
| Seagate | ST31000528AS     | 2        | 7200rpm, 32MB      | 7200.12           | [54.86][170] | 5.486 |
| WD      | WD10EADS Green   |          | variable rpm, 32MB |                   | [61.60][172] | 6.160 |
| WD      | WD1001FALS Black | 3        | 7200rpm, 32MB      | No NCQ, 5yr       | [65.77][174] | 6.577 |

## 1.5TB drives

| Make    | Model                       | Platters | Specs                | Notes                      | Price £      | p/GB  |
|:------- | --------------------------- | -------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------ | ----- |
| Samsung | HD154UI      | 3        | 1.5TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | EcoGreen F2 | [62.97][177] | 4.198 |
| Samsung | HD153WI      |          | 1.5TB, 32MB, 5400rpm | EcoGreen F3 | [66.69][179] | 4.446 |
| WD      | WD15EADS     | 3        | 1.5TB                |                            | 69.97??      | 4.665 |
| WD      | WD15EARS     |          | 1.5TB, 64MB          |                            | [72.29][182] | 4.819 |
| Seagate | ST31500341AS | 4        | 1.5TB, 32MB, 7200rpm | 7200.11                    | [68.00][184] | 4.533 |
| Seagate | ST31500541AS |          | 1.5TB, 32MB, 5900rpm |                            | [77.52][186] | 5.168 |

*   [Samsung HD154UI vs WD15EADS vs ST31500341AS][187] 
*   [Forum thread WD15EARS, WD15EADS, HD154UI, ST31500341AS][188]

## 2TB drives

| Make    | Model                    | Platters | Specs               | Notes             | Price £                            | p/GB         |
|:------- | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Samsung | HD203WI     | 4        | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm  | TLER(R)           | [92.79][189], [84.27][84][1][190]  | 4.639, 4.213 |
| Samsung | HD204UI   | 3        | 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm  | TLER(R),[2][192]  | [56.99][193]                       | 2.782        |
| WD      | WD20EARS  | 4        | 2TB, 64MB, 5400rpm  |                   | [92.98][195]                       | 4.649        |
| Hitachi | 7K2000                   | 5        | 2TB, 32MB, 7200rpm  |                   | [95.51][196], [89.35][197]         | 4.775, 4.467 |
| WD      | WD20EADS  | 4        | 2TB, 32MB, ~5400rpm |                   | [97.15][199], [85.09][200][3][201] | 4.857, 4.255 |
| Seagate | ST3200542AS | 4        | 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm  | TLER(R), [4][202] | [107.98][203], [89.35][87][5][204] | 5.399, 4.46  |

1 OEM, no warranty? [⇑][205]

2 4KB sectors [⇑][206]

3 OEM, no warranty? [⇑][207]

4 [tumbleweed's timeout issues][208] [⇑][209]

5 OEM, no warranty? [⇑][210]

*   [HotHardware 2TB roundup][211]

## 3TB drives

| Make    | Model                     | Platters | Specs              | Notes | Price £                                                     | p/GB                    |
|:------- | ------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Seagate | ST3000DM001  | 3        | 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm | OEM   | oem: [79.98][212]   
1yr: [85.96][213]

2yr: [88.80][214] | 2.603516  
2.798  
2.96 |
| Toshiba | DT01ACA300 | 3        | 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm | OEM   | oem: [74.76][216]   
2yr: [87.77][217]   
2yr: [80.40][218] | 2.492  
2.857096  
2.68 |

## 4TB drives

| Make    | Model                         | Platters | Specs              | Notes | Price £       | p/GB     |
|:------- | ----------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ----- | ------------- | -------- |
| WD      | WD40EFRX Red   |          |                    |       | [136.20][220] | 3.325195 |
| WD      | WD40EZRX Green |          | 4TB, 64MB, 5900rpm | OEM   | [121.68][222] | 2.970703 |
| Seagate | ST4000DM000    |          | 4TB, 64MB, 5900rpm | OEM   | [118.08][224] | 2.882812 |

Further drive comparisons extracted to local spreadsheet.

## Multilane

| Type                                        | Make | Model                      | Connector                   | Specs   | Quant | Price £      |
|:------------------------------------------- | ---- | -------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ------------ |
| ML Device Adapter                           | Span | IRSA-SM2    | 2xML to 8xSATA              |         |       | [27.50][226] |
| ML Device Adapter                           | Span | IRSA-SM1    | 1xML to 4xSATA              |         |       | [9.70][228]  |
| ML Host Adapter                             | Span | IRSA-PM2    | 2xML to 8xSATA              |         |       | [22.90][230] |
| ML Host Adapter                             | Span | IRSA-PM1    | 1xML to 4xSATA              |         |       | [9.00][232]  |
| ML Cable                                    | Span | IRSE-M1                    | 2xML                        | 1m long |       | [28.50][233] |
| ML Host Adapter                             |      |                            | 2xML to PCIe |         |       |              |
| MiniSAS Device Adapter       | Span | IRA-SS2     | 2xSFF8088 to 2xSFF8087      |         | 1     | [26.30][236] |
| MiniSAS Host Adapter         | Span | IRA-PS2     | 2xSFF8087 to 2xSFF8088      |         | 1     | [28.80][238] |
| MiniSAS Cable                | Span | IRA-8888-1                 | 2xSFF8088                   | 1m long | 2     | [26.20][239] |
| MiniSAS Fanout Cable         | Span | IRA-87SA-05                | 1xSFF8087 to 4xSATA         | 50cm    | 2     | [8.40][240]  |
| MiniSAS Fanout Cable         | Span | IRA-87SA-03                | 1xSFF8087 to 4xSATA         | 30cm    |       | [7.60][241]  |
| MiniSAS Reverse Fanout Cable | Span | IRA-SA87-05 | 4xSATA to 1xSFF8087         | 50cm    | 2     | [8.10][243]  |

# RAM Upgrade

*   Awaiting delivery of 2x2GB DDR3 
*   Delivered

## Installation

*   Installed - no POST 
*   Upgrade motherboard BIOS? 
    *   [Rev 1.0 F13][245] 
    *   [F14c mod][246] 
        *   From <http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/48085-gigabyte-modified-bios-80-print.html> 
*   Not compatible with motherboard?

## BIOS Settings

*   Ctrl+F1 on main screen enables overclocking options in Intelligent Tweaker. 
*   Only after reboot with new RAM are proper timings visible

Recommended settings for DDR3 at 1333MHz

MIB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)
    
    Robust Graphics Booster = Auto
    CPU Clock Ratio = 9
    CPU Host Clock Control = Enabled
    CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) = 333Mhz
    PCI Express Frequency = 100Mhz
    C.I.A.2 = Disabled
    Performance Enhance = Standard
    System Memory Multiplier = 4
    Hi Speed DRAM DLL Settings = Option 2
    DRAM Timing Selectable = Manual
    CAS Latency Time = 9
    DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay = 9
    RAS# Precharge = 9
    Precharge Delay (tRAS) = 24
    ACT to ACT delay = Auto
    Bank Write To READ Delay = Auto
    Refresh to ACT Delay = 0
    Read to Precharge Delay = Auto
    
    System Voltage Control
    
    DDR3 OverVoltage Control = +.1V
    PCI-e OverVoltage Control = Normal
    (G)MCH OverVoltage Control = Auto
    CPU Voltage Control = Auto

*   Reset to safe defaults 
*   Finally booting with both chips 
*   MIT shows memory frequency of 1066:1066 
*   AHCI mode or IDE mode

Settings when it successfully booted with both DDR3 chips:

MIB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)
    
    Robust Graphics Booster = Auto
    CPU Clock Ratio = 9 X
    CPU Host Clock Control = Disabled
    CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) = 100Mhz
    PCI Express Frequency = Auto
    C.I.A.2 = Disabled
    Performance Enhance = Turbo
    System Memory Multiplier = Auto
    
    DRAM Timing Selectable = Auto
    #CAS Latency Time = 8 Auto
    #DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay = 8 Auto
    #RAS# Precharge = 8 Auto
    #Precharge Delay (tRAS) = 20 Auto
    #ACT to ACT delay = 4 Auto
    #Rank Write To READ Delay = 4 Auto
    #Write To Precharge Delay 8 Auto
    #Refresh to ACT Delay = 60 Auto
    #Read to Precharge Delay = 4 Auto
    #Static tRead Value = 6 Auto
    #Static tRead Phase Adjust = 0 Auto
    System Voltage Control Manual
    DDR2/DDR3 OverVoltage Control = Normal
    PCI-e OverVoltage Control = Normal
    (G)MCH OverVoltage Control = Normal
    CPU Voltage Control = Auto

Health Status showed:

Vcore   1.252V
    DDR2/DDR3 Voltage  1.504V

### Try 2.4GHz core without Turbo

*   No WinT cards, no DVD-RW, no backup HDD

*   Works, shows 4GB RAM but reports CPU frequency 1600MHz. 
*   CPU frequency is not a problem. Under load jumps to 2400MHz. 
*   Running memtester hung the system. Now won't boot.

### Try 2.4GHz with single DDR3

*   Removed one stick and posted successfully 
*   Set DDR3 overvoltage +0.1V 
*   Stable memtester (63 iterations)

### Bump voltage then two DDR3s

*   Overvoltage +0.2V 
*   PCI-E voltage +0.1V

### 3GHz and 1066

*   Overvoltage +0.2V 
*   PCI-E voltage +0.1V

### Optimized Defaults

*   Optimized defaults

### 900MHz 800MHz

*   Nope

### Last good DDR3 settings +0.2V

*   DDR3 +0.2V 
*   CPU 1.275V

One DDR3
:   1066 @8-8-8-20 1.76V

Two DDR3
:   No Post

1066 @8-8-8-20 1.76V

### Last good DDR3 settings +0.3V

One DDR3
:   1.872V

Two DDR3
:   No Post

### Last good DDR3 with manual timings

1.  9-9-9-24 
2.  266/1066/10-10-10-20 = 1066/8-8-8-20 
3.  333/1333?/10-10-10-20, FSB+0.1 = 1333/9-9-9-24 
4.  333/800/Auto, FSB+0.1 = 800/8-8-8-20

### Gave up and left it at One stick

1.  333/1333/auto = 1066 ??

Core clock also shows only 2400 in Linux though.

Seems quite stable so far. Other stick must be faulty.

## memtest

Howto
:   <http://forum.canardpc.com/threads/28875-Linux-HOWTO-Boot-Memtest-on-USB-Drive>

## Links

*   [Intelligent Tweaker and memtest+][250] 
*   <http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1645192> 
*   <http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=3983.30> 
*   [DS3R with DDR3 1066][251] 
*   [DS3R 1.1 and Corsair DDR2 DDR3 voltages][252]

# Disk suddenly too short for array

*   "Not large enough to join array" 
*   "Too small for array"

Samsung HD203WI (serial no. #S1UYJ1CZ317063) dropped out of the array for being suddenly and inexplicably too short.

## SMART logs

Before:

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family:     SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 EG
    Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD203WI
    Serial Number:    S1UYJ1CZ317063
    LU WWN Device Id: 5 0024e9 003308d88
    Firmware Version: 1AN10002
    User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
    Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
    Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is:   8
    ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 6
    Local Time is:    Tue Feb 25 00:53:29 2014 GMT

After:

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
    Model Family:     SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 EG
    Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD203WI
    Serial Number:    S1UYJ1CZ317063
    LU WWN Device Id: 5 0024e9 003308d88
    Firmware Version: 1AN10002
    User Capacity:    2,000,397,852,160 bytes [2.00 TB]
    Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
    Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
    ATA Version is:   8
    ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 6
    Local Time is:    Wed Feb 26 04:18:58 2014 GMT

## Diagnosis

By chance when playing with GParted Live came across a reference to Host Protected Area

See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host\_protected\_area#Identification\_and\_manipulation][254]

`hdparm -N /dev/sdb` showed HPA was enabled and some sectors reserved. Also lists max sectors.

## Disable HPA

Test with

hdparm -N 3907029168 /dev/sda
     (set the number of sectors shown by

`hdparm -N /dev/sdb`. 
Use the 'p' prefix to make it permanent:

hdparm -N p3907029168 /dev/sda

Then *power-cycle the disk*. Only one permanent setting of max-sector-size can be performed per power cycle.

`hdparm -N /dev/sda` now prints:

max sectors   = 3907029168/3907029168, HPA is disabled

# RAM Failing?

Random errors which kill processors.

## Replace RAM

Buy another RAM pair? (TW3X4G1333C9A)

## Replace whole system?

[Motherboard with 10xSATA connections][256]

*   [HasturReplacement][257]

# Log

#### 2008-04-29

updated to F10 firmware after boot failure

#### 2008-08-07

re-added the RMA'd HD501LJ

#### 2009-02-01

/dev/sdg Read failures. copy of log in /root, ST3500630AS, 9QG3T5QM

#### 2010-05-09

Ordered 2x HD203WI, 2x ST3200542AS from eBuyer (~£37)

#### 2010-05-14

New disks arrived

#### 2010-05-19

Shutdown for [Hastur Raid Upgrade][154]

#### 2010-12-13

Purchased two HD204UI backup HDDs

#### 2011-01-12

Purchased miniSAS hardware

#### 2013-01-29

Purchased two ST3000DM001 3TB disks

#### 2013-01-31

3TB Drives delivered

#### 2013-02-02

*   Added disks to enclosure. Only one disk added to array. 
*   Noted ST3500630AS 500GB backup disk showing stable 10 reallocated sectors. 
*   One ST32000542AS 2TB array disks showing 302 reallocated sectors. Up from zero on 2011-09-13. 
*   See [HasturRaidUpgradePath][260]

#### 2013-03-07

*   /dev/sdd (ST32000542AS) started failing on 2013-03-04 
        === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
        Device Model:     ST32000542AS
        Serial Number:    9XW08GNB
        Firmware Version: CC34
        User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes
        Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
        ATA Version is:   8
        ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
        Local Time is:    Thu Mar  7 19:26:29 2013 GMT
        SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
        SMART support is: Enabled
        
        === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
        SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!

Yet strangely /dev/sdc was kicked out of the array.

*   Restarted /dev/md6 and re-added /dev/sdc. 
*   Added second 3TB as hot spare. 
*   /dev/sdd failed during rebuild. 
*   Rebuilt on to 3TB drive

#### 2013-12-03

*   Ordered 2x2GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3 (TW3X4G1333C9A) from eBuyer

#### 2014-02-25

*   Attempted to fit the DDR3. Only one stick working.

#### 2014-02-26

*   HD203WI (S1UYJ1CZ317063) has shrunk following BIOS futzing.

#### 2014-03-20

*   Solved HD203WI shrinkage. Disabled HPA which had been enabled somehow.

#### 2014-11-23

*   Ordered 2x Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB disks from dabs.com (£74.98 each inc VAT)

#### 2015-11-06

*   Ordered 2x Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB disks from scan.co.uk (£141.95, £70 each)

#### 2016-02-28

*   Ordered 2x Western Digital WD30EFRX 3TB disks from scan.co.uk (£188.60, £91.56 each inc VAT)

#### 2016-09-20

*   Switched to faster 2x4GB of RAM 
*   Only booting with 4GB!

[1]: Hastur
 [37]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=643237
 [40]: #fn1_1
 [41]: #fn1_2
 [42]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=605377
 [48]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=402849
 [49]: #fn1_3
 [50]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=480662
 [52]: #fn1_4
 [53]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=292216
 [54]: #fn1_5
 [55]: #fn1_6
 [57]: #fn1_7
 [58]: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3348808/PNY-GeForce-7300-LE-128MB-DDR2-PCI-E-Graphics-Card/Product.html
 [59]: #fn1_8
 [60]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=545117
 [63]: #fn1_9
 [64]: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/129414
 [65]: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/27669
 [66]: #fn1_10
 [67]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=9833
 [68]: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112344
 [69]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=450661
 [70]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=644038
 [72]: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=48640&doy=1m9
 [73]: HasturRaidArray
 [76]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=454632
 [78]: #fn1_11
 [80]: http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=494552
 [81]: #fn1_12
 [84]: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190145
 [87]: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164264
 [89]: http://www.ebuyer.com/319640
 [90]: http://www.cfienclosure.com/10_Series.html
 [91]: #fn1_13
 [92]: http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=6849
 [95]: #fn1_14
 [96]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=352335
 [97]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=352332
 [98]: #fn1_15
 [99]: http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=15709
 [100]: http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=8218
 [102]: #fnr1_1
 [104]: #fnr1_2
 [105]: http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2937
 [106]: #fnr1_3
 [107]: #fnr1_4
 [108]: #fnr1_5
 [109]: #fnr1_6
 [110]: #fnr1_7
 [111]: #fnr1_8
 [112]: #fnr1_9
 [113]: #fnr1_10
 [114]: #fnr1_11
 [115]: #fnr1_12
 [116]: #fnr1_13
 [117]: http://marc.info/?l=linux-ide&w=2&r=1&s=3726+occupied&q=b
 [118]: #fnr1_14
 [119]: #fnr1_15
 [123]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page2.html#features_overview
 [126]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page4.html#features_overview
 [128]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page6.html#features_overview
 [130]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page8.html#features_overview
 [131]: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pipe-dreams-six-p35-ddr3-motherboards-compared-uk,review-2321-11.html
 [132]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page10.html#features_overview
 [133]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page12.html#features_overview
 [135]: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/seven-650i-sli-motherboards-compared-uk,review-2296-2.html
 [137]: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/seven-650i-sli-motherboards-compared-uk,review-2296-4.html
 [141]: http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2007q2/gigabyte-n680sli/index.x?pg=1
 [142]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/
 [143]: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/seven-650i-sli-motherboards-compared-uk,review-2296.html
 [144]: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_nforce_680i_roundup/
 [145]: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/12/21/680i-motherboard-comparison/
 [146]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/83009
 [148]: http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-058-LL
 [149]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=592608
 [150]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=359344
 [151]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=381924
 [152]: StorageServer#Enclosures
 [153]: HasturAtaFailures
 [154]: HasturRaidUpgrade
 [155]: http://doug.warner.fm/d/blog/2009/11/Western-Digital-15TB-Green-Drives-Not-your-Linux-Software-RAID
 [156]: http://www.osnews.com/story/22872/Linux_Not_Fully_Prepared_for_4096-Byte_Sector_Hard_Drives
 [157]: http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2006/11/20/desktop-drives-on-a-raid-controller-not-good/#comment-25631
 [158]: http://forums.storagereview.com/index.php/topic/28333-tler-cctl/
 [159]: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-hdd-roundup-3.html
 [160]: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-14hdd-roundup.html
 [161]: http://techreport.com/articles.x/16472/1
 [162]: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2061619
 [163]: http://techreport.com/articles.x/16472/12
 [164]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Hitachi-0F10383-Deskstar-7K1000C-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache-8-ms-NCQ
 [166]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Samsung-HD103SJ-Spinpoint-F3-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ-OEM
 [168]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Seagate-ST31000520AS-Barracuda-LP-SATA-3Gb-s-5900rpm-32MB-Cache-51-ms
 [170]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-SGATE-ST31000528AS-SATA
 [172]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Western-Digital-WD10EADS-Green-SATA-300-32MB-Cache
 [174]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-Western-Digital-WD1001FALS-Caviar-Black-SATA-300-7200-rpm-32MB-Cache
 [177]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15TB-Samsung-HD154UI-EcoGreen-F2-DT-SATA-3Gb-s-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ
 [179]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15Tb-Samsung-HD153WI-SpinPoint-EcoGreen-F3-SATA-II-3Gb-5400rpm-32Mb-Cache-8ms
 [182]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15TB-Western-Digital-WD15EARS-Caviar-Green-5400plusrpm-64Mb-Cache-8ms
 [184]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15TB-Seagate-ST31500341AS-Barracuda-720011-SATA-7200-rpm-32MB-Cache-NCQ-OEM
 [186]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/15TB-Seagate-ST31500541AS-Barrauda-LP-SATA-3Gb-s-5900rpm-32MB-Cache-51-ms-NCQ
 [187]: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/15-2tb-hdd-roundup.html
 [188]: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/254987-14-hard-drive-wd15ears-wd15eads-hd154ui-st31500341as
 [189]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2TB-Samsung-HD203WI-Spinpoint-F3EG-EcoGreen-SATA-3Gb-s-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ-OEM
 [190]: #fn2_1
 [192]: #fn2_2
 [193]: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-samsung-hd204ui-z4-spinpoint-ecogreen-f4eg-sata-3gb-s-32mb-cache-89-ms-ncq
 [195]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2Tb-Western-Digital-WD20EARS-Caviar-Green-64Mb-Cache-8ms
 [196]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2TB-Hitachi-Deskstar-7K2000-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache
 [197]: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/171763
 [199]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2TB-Western-Digital-WD20EADS-Caviar-Green-SATA-3Gb-s-0-rpm-32MB-Cache-0-ms
 [200]: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158614
 [201]: #fn2_3
 [202]: #fn2_4
 [203]: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2TB-ST3200542AS-SATA-HDD
 [204]: #fn2_5
 [205]: #fnr2_1
 [206]: #fnr2_2
 [207]: #fnr2_3
 [208]: http://pastebin.com/gwwJAYi8
 [209]: #fnr2_4
 [210]: #fnr2_5
 [211]: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Definitive-2TB-Hard-Drive-Roundup/
 [212]: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3tb-seagate-st3000dm001-barracuda-720014-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem
 [213]: http://www.ebuyer.com/319640-seagate-3tb-barracuda-internal-hard-drive-oem-st3000dm001
 [214]: http://www.span.com/product/Seagate-Barracuda-7200-14-ST3000DM001-SATA-6Gb-3TB-7200rpm~35248
 [216]: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3tb-toshiba-dt01aca300-35-sata-iii-hard-drive-6gb-s-5700rpm-32mb-cache-8ms-oem-ncq
 [217]: http://www.ebuyer.com/481473-toshiba-3tb-internal-hard-drive-dt01aca300
 [218]: http://www.span.com/product/Toshiba-Desktop-DT01ACA300-SATA-6Gb-3TB-7200rpm~39163
 [220]: http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=82803
 [222]: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-wd-wd40ezrx-green-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-intellipower-64mb-cache-ncq-oem
 [224]: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-seagate-st4000dm000-desktop-hdd15-35-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5900rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem
 [226]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=26118
 [228]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=6813
 [230]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=26117
 [232]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=6812
 [233]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15419
 [236]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15687
 [238]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15685
 [239]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15417
 [240]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15684
 [241]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=22402
 [243]: http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=15686
 [245]: http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/BIOS/motherboard_bios_ga-p35-ds3r_f13.exe
 [246]: http://www.mediafire.com/?9vf1nc00xdt5p2n
 [250]: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=70836&highlight=P35C-DS3R
 [251]: http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/44287-p35c-ds3r-kingston-hyperx-ddr3-pc10600-issue.html
 [252]: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=66317
 [254]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_protected_area#Identification_and_manipulation
 [256]: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-z97-extreme6-intel-z97-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-x16-quad-sli-quad-crossfirex-displayport-dvi-i-hd?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CNW89tKipc0CFeRe2wodB5ACdA
 [257]: HasturReplacement

Uploading file...

Sidebar

Edit message:

Cancel

Editing HasturHardware

Sidebar