[western digital greenpower]

I wanted to update my status here and say that after a quick and flawless rma from Western Digital, my burns and everything else have been working very well. If this drive is any slower than other SATA drives I've used, I haven't noticed. And right now HD Tune is telling me the green power is 5 degrees cooler than my OS drive.

 

Time to get to work on this new stack of TYG02.

[western digital greenpower]

^^ thanks Lightning UK, WD's diagnostic software found bad sectors on this drive. I am definitely going to try and get RMA (after I write zeros to it a few times). I rarely purchase hard drives, and this is the first time I've had one go bad. Thanks for helping me catch this so early.

 

^good point, I will use a new cable when I get a replacement for this drive.

[western digital greenpower]

Thanks for the responses. And sorry about not posting full log, I did not keep it. I just finished another burn. Here is the full log.

W 21:09:29 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:09:31 Writing Image...

W 21:09:52 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:09:57 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:10:00 Writing Image...

W 21:10:42 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:10:45 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:10:47 Writing Image...

W 21:11:01 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:11:02 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:11:03 Writing Image...

W 21:11:29 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:11:30 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:11:32 Writing Image...

W 21:12:17 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:12:50 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:12:52 Writing Image...

W 21:13:02 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:13:53 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:13:54 Writing Image...

W 21:14:25 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:14:59 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:15:00 Writing Image...

W 21:15:07 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:15:33 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:15:34 Writing Image...

W 21:15:39 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:15:50 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:15:51 Writing Image...

W 21:16:09 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:16:10 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:16:11 Writing Image...

W 21:17:46 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:18:20 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:18:22 Writing Image...

W 21:18:30 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:18:34 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:18:36 Writing Image...

W 21:19:08 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:19:23 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:19:24 Writing Image...

W 21:19:43 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 21:19:46 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold

 

level...

I 21:19:49 Writing Image...

I 21:20:16 Synchronising Cache...

I 21:20:17 Closing Track...

I 21:20:28 Finalising Disc...

I 21:21:04 Image MD5: 246cd80b722bc67018bdb26c6634189e

I 21:21:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration:

 

00:14:13

I 21:21:07 Average Write Rate: 5,624 KB/s (4.1x) - Maximum Write

 

Rate: 11,172 KB/s (8.1x)I 21:21:07 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 21:21:20 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 21:21:26 Device Ready!

I 21:21:27 Operation Started!

I 21:21:27 Source Device: [0:1:0] PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 GD30

 

(E:) (ATA)

I 21:21:27 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc

 

ID: YUDEN000-T02-00)

I 21:21:27 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==-

I 21:21:27 Image File Sectors: 2,210,320 (MODE1/2048)

I 21:21:27 Image File Size: 4,526,735,360 bytes

I 21:21:27 Image File Volume Identifier: hello_world

I 21:21:27 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN

I 21:21:27 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn

I 21:21:27 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 21:21:27 Verifying Sectors...

I 21:36:33 Device MD5: 246cd80b722bc67018bdb26c6634189e

I 21:36:33 Image MD5: 246cd80b722bc67018bdb26c6634189e

I 21:36:33 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration:

 

00:15:06

I 21:36:33 Average Verify Rate: 4,884 KB/s (3.5x) - Maximum

 

Verify Rate: 15,067 KB/s (10.9x)

 

And also ImgBurn gave me the following error once, during writing:

Cannot read from file:

M:\helloworld.wav

 

reason: data error (cyclic redundancy check).

 

Hit retry once and it was all good. I've never had a burn fail me. I can still access M:\helloworld.wav, and M:\helloworld.sfv checksum is ok (even though it takes about 25 seconds to complete).

 

HD Tune, I had not thought of that...

 

Any more info that might help, I will post. I got this drive brand new just over a month ago. Using sata2, and cable is good because I reused the one that was connected to my old hard drive.

[western digital greenpower]

With regards to my newest piece of equipment...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136149

 

The drive is much, much quieter than my last mass storage drive. But this is simply unacceptable:

 

[imgburn log excerpt]

W 14:01:54 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:01:55 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:01:56 Writing Image...

W 14:02:04 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:02:28 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:02:30 Writing Image...

W 14:02:51 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:03:01 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:03:03 Writing Image...

W 14:03:11 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:03:34 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:03:37 Writing Image...

W 14:03:44 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:03:47 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:03:49 Writing Image...

W 14:04:04 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:04:12 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:04:13 Writing Image...

W 14:06:14 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:06:17 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:06:18 Writing Image...

W 14:07:06 Waiting for buffers to recover...

W 14:07:44 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:07:46 Writing Image...

[there is a lot more but everyone gets the picture by now]

 

No multitasking. Only an attempted 8x burn that averaged 3.4x. Epic fail?

 

Many reviews of this drive warned that the drive was slower. I wanted a quieter drive, and I got what I wanted, but I could not have foreseen speed being this much of a factor. Looks like I was wrong. Does anyone else here use a GP drive? Should it really be this slow? And if so, how could anyone at Western Digital possibly believe that crippled, lame technology is a good idea under any circumstance?